Laura Reyes was in the middle of her shift as a cook at Burger King in San Jose, when she started feeling a sharp pain in her abdomen and lower back. As the day went on, Reyes started bleeding, and the pain became so severe that she felt like she might die. She had asked more than once if she could leave work, but her managers would not allow it. “I was really worried,” she told Fast Company through a translator. “In that moment, I didn’t know I was pregnant.” Reyes later found out that it...
The real minimum wage, no matter how much liberal politicians try to deny it, is and always will be zero.
California restaurant owners, including CEO of one of the largest El Pollo Loco franchises, explain how the new minimum wage is hurting business.
$20-an-hour mininum wage for fast food workers in California began April 1. Workers have already complained of getting fewer hours since then. Chains like Burger King are rolling out more digital ordering kiosks to cut staff
As expected, a majority in the Senate voted against an additional 1.2 percent increase in the minimum wage on Tuesday. The BBB announced last week that it would vote against the law that regulated the increase, making it clear there would be no majority support.
California's New Minimum Wage: A Cure That Exacerbates The Sickness Via SchiffGold.com, The solution to a problem shouldn’t make the problem worse. But apparently, California’s policy makers missed that memo. On April 1st, the state instituted a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers, the highest in the US. With California’s absurdly high cost of living, the policy appeared to make life more manageable for low-income residents. Unfortunately, as the adage goes, “If it sounds...
A law calling for a $20 minimum wage has led to brutal backlash as customers opt out of ordering delivery in Seattle, Washington.The Seattle City Council is in the middle of deciding whether to pass a new law that would adjust its prior PayUp bill that went into effect in 2022.The PayUp law enforced a minimum wage for gig workers, which includes delivery drivers for local restaurants and platforms like Uber Eats and DoorDash. Under PayUp, delivery drivers made $26 per hour before accounting for...
Charging electric vehicles at home will exceed most power lines' capacity.
MSPs increase the cost of alcohol but opinions remain split over the policy's effectiveness.
Patrice Cleary built her reputation with Mount Pleasant’s pioneering Filipino restaurant Purple Patch. In early March, the chef-restaurateur debuted Joia Burger on the next block, a slender smash burger spot […]
Fast-food workers in California now make a minimum of $20 an hour. Manteca Unified starts its Nutrition Services Assistant workers out at $17.89 an hour. At first glance, it looks like the math is against MUSD when it comes to attracting food service workers.
“Horrendous and chaotic” plans for border checks will see price increases on food passed onto consumers, ministers have been warned.