Other California Industries Want in on Fast Food’s Job-Killing Minimum Wage Hike – By Craig Bannister (CNS News) / May 14, 2024
Now that California’s minimum wage hike for fast food workers has proven itself to be job-killing, business-wrecking and inflationary, other industry sectors in the Golden State are demanding the same.
Last month, on April 1, California’s minimum wage for fast food workers jumped to $20/hour, from the current minimum of $16 for all other workers. In response, some fast food chains, like Pizza Hut, began cutting jobs even before the higher costs kicked in.
Since the April 1 increase, nearly ten thousand fast food jobs have been eliminated in California.
On the other side of the fast food counter, customers are paying more, as the higher costs are passed on by businesses trying to make ends meet. In fact, fast food prices in California are up seven percent – the highest state price increase in the nation.
