GiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hourapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1365arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1361arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hourapnews.comGiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square44fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaretreefrog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoI don’t think your post makes sense. Fast food is being targeted for not paying their workers a living wage. This is the opposite of protection and promotion. The government is stepping in because the ‘free market’ hasn’t corrected this and won’t correct it. Am I misunderstanding where you’re coming from?
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIn a way it does protect the market by forcing it competitive. The market definitely has the power to squeeze fast food out of existence.
I don’t think your post makes sense.
Fast food is being targeted for not paying their workers a living wage. This is the opposite of protection and promotion.
The government is stepping in because the ‘free market’ hasn’t corrected this and won’t correct it.
Am I misunderstanding where you’re coming from?
In a way it does protect the market by forcing it competitive. The market definitely has the power to squeeze fast food out of existence.