How One Bill Could Change The Lives of 500K+ Fast Food Workers
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- Опубліковано 2 вер 2022
- There’s a bill on Gavin Newsom’s desk that could change the lives of 550K fast food workers and alter the course of U.S. labor policy. The FAST Recovery Act would set industry-wide work standards for California fast food chains, including a mininimum wage of up to $22. All Newsom has to do is sign it.
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Yeah it is unjust that people working 16-hour shifts with no days off can not afford rent. Wages need to rise. CEOs and corporations need to be taxed. More affordable housing needs to be built.
These circumstances are the inevitable result of a society built on an ethos which segregates human beings into "The Deserving & The Disposable."
I am receiving my retirement benefits and I am unavailable to afford rent... it's simply to HIGH!!!...$1000 for a studio apartment! I don't get that not even close. SSI has not had a raise in 18 years. That's not acceptable!
When you take good care of your workers, your worker's will take care of you.
Since 1978 corporations have paid worker's less and less, all while reaping the benefits.
This is the bad part. They are just going to pass these increased costs on to consumers. Their corporate profits will stay exactly the same as they just increase costs to cover the new labor costs. A better solution would be to tax the profits and subsidize the labor. As much as I love unions and collective action, the goals of this legislation will be easily circumvented by corporations.
@@Real_Beaky
I agree.
now do retail
Pass 257!
Vote Newsom out if he vetoes this bill!!! Solidarity.
I agree, but what's your plan? A Republican? California would be SO much worse! Keep him, but keep pushing this bill.
@@dawnw9850 vote against him in the primary. If he wins the primary, I agree, he’s still better than a Republican. He needs to feel the pressure though.
He's a POS and a lier
Cailfornia is one of the most expensive states to live in. Also, with a myriad of other issues people are leaving the state in droves.
Don't even get me started on water restrictions implemented ad a result of recent droughts.
It's amazing how many conservative talking points in the last 6 weeks include the word "droves"
AB 237 also protects franchise owners since it forces the large companies to take on a piece of the responsibility for violations. If MacD can tell the small business owners exactly how much ketchup to use and where to place their signs, they can pay some of the training and safety.
This is KEY. ^^^^. Its criminal how big corps isolate themselves from labor responsibilities. They are the ones making the big bucks from slave labor and the poor franchise owner in the middle that has a limit on their profits. In short, the franchise can't afford to pay a living wage because the main corporation is sucking most of the revenue. By putting the franchise owner in the middle the larger multinational company can avoid most labor laws. Its a loop hole that has been exploited far too long.
He signed it. It's now 2024 and 500K people are about to get laid off and their hours dramatically cut.
I'm sure the fast food companies have the solution to all these abuse problems. The technology exists to automate the entire process. It's just been much cheaper to hire teenagers until now.
You know those technology cna get heck right like the banks, gas station and other system that has a pos and system rignt. how many times amazon, gmails, other emails system and gas stations get hecks and card skimmer
They'd automate anyway
@@razormc954 They'll do whatever is more profitable, like they ought to.
This _better_ fckin happen. *We the workers* are sick of this sht.
Yea because of you, everything will go up and at the end of the day your dumbass will be back to step one get a real job dipshit
Fast food restaurants are a stepping stone and not meant be a long term career. After this is signed the price of fast food will increase and these people will not live comfortably. In the end all of California will suffer, restaurants will close and people will loose their jobs. Bad move signing this.
Whatever.
Lmao cope boomer. You used to be able to actually survive off of one of these jobs.
UPDATE: Gavin Newsom has signed the bill!!
It will change the lives of millions BECAUSE PRICES WILL GO UP 👎
I guess going to school to learn is not an option anymore
Going to school can help, but you might not get that job in the area you went to school for. You may still be struggling.
It's not easy to find a job even if you went to school. I got a degree in EE many years ago, and I'm currently struggling to find a job in my field. I'm working in a much lower position that is dead end. There is alot of competition in my field, and many candidates are applying that will be better than you. And, jobs in my field have difficult requirements.
@@vshah1010 well as for me i got a degree as an auto mech worked 1year in a pvt shop then moved on to a dealership it was ok worked there full time 2 years then part time for the next 3 years decided to go back to school to get my A&P after graduating now I'm working as a aircraft maintenance technician best decision I made
Gavin!!! What are you waiting for?!?
This should have been same-day signed!!!
His corporate overlords to approve his every action.....
I imagine his struggle is the same stuff that happened with Uber and Lyft
@@OGimouse1 Not quite, iirc. The issue with Uber and Lyft is that they got a ballot measure to prevent classification of gig workers as true employees. The problem there was that the main opposition to this consisted of the employees themselves and the DLSE (Division of Labor Standards Enforcement), the latter of which only enforces the laws and doesn't get involved in creating them. So, there was no "real" opposition in terms of moneyed interest. While there was another measure that employees were able to get enough signatures for on the same ballot (for the classification of gig workers as employees), the two measures were somewhat difficult to distinguish between, and since Uber and Lyft spammed slick advertising showcasing "employees", they were able to confuse enough voters to run away with a win.
The moment I heard that they were going for a ballot measure, I knew it was going to end this way, since who was going to stand up for the little guy in this instance?
Unless you were referring to something else...
It was signed two days after this video was posted. Pay attention.
@@Thunder-Chief I'm referring to thr opposition from Lyft and Uber themselves about how turning them from tightly controlled contractors to employees was going to put them out of business due to overhead.
I hope he signs it
Corporations should not be able to offload costs they owe to their workers on the taxpayer. Cut your million dollar bonuses and pay your damn employees.
For real! Golden parachutes for upper echelon executives but God forbid that a minimum wage earner needs a sick day or has to take a kid to an appointment.
Do you not understand how franchises work?
@@fatmonkey4716 they work many different ways, even so, they're all owned by wealthy individuals who should be paying their employees fairly.
People may think its only fast food this happens. All big chains. Look at practices in Barnes and Noble
Fact! The pay is shit yet you have to pass a drug test and background check.
@@teresina1809 Meanwhile, all you have to do to get a seat as a politician is to pay your way in, even if you're piece of shit.
Thank You UNIONIZE‼
He will sign the bill because he knows if he does not he is out!
sign the bill, Gavin.
If Newsome doesn't sign it, he can forget about his political career.
Nah, the conservatives will take him. They love "reform"
he rejected medicare for all as we were so close this is not gonna pass
Commiefornia can only operate on predatory operating standards. I'm looking at the prisons utilizing the prisoners to fight the wildfires and not knocking their sentences down.
@@adamz.5844 That is a separate but valid issue worthy of a whole series of videos. What's going on in CA is hardly communism though- it's corporatism and greed.
@@alexj5135 That's what I'm thinking. It's time we get rid of this corporate GOP Lite Dem.
"No Business which depends for it's existence on paying less that Living Wages to it's workers has any right to continue in this country." - FDR
Spoken like a true communist.
Yep communists are coming
@@nonyadamnbusiness9887 So, I guess those working in food service deserve to starve? No wait. All they have to do is work harder 🤪 all to never see any of that money that these CEOs make within months.
Darin, that was meant for that era. You are taking his words out of context because we don't live in the same world.
@@Istandby666 Actually, it's not that different. FDR was a Stalin worshipping, supreme court packing far leftist liberal whose wacko economic policies turned a six month market correction into a decade long economic depression. The idea quoted above, if put into action, would mean that every job that couldn't pay 50K a year would be automated or go undone.
He signed it and now they are jobless, and most restaurants are closed. Yes, the board of the companies could cut CEO pay to make up for it among other options. This went to hell in a real quick. It really would have been smarter to question the difference between the workers and CEO pay.
This can be really bad. We are poor.We go to chipotle because the prices are low and we can get a full meal for about $10. With this, the prices are going to skyrocket. There will be nowhere for us to go to buy a meal at a decent price. If the companies have to pay the employees that much, then the people are going to pay more. It’s not going to hurt the bosses, it’s going to hurt the poor., Especially the homeless who cannot cook at home.The workers that are working at fast food places right now, are on a steppingstone to their career. This is a first time job. What they should probably do, is let younger people work there for lower wages Or give a grant to fast food workers who want to continue their education.I realize that the unions want more members and the unions want more money, but to do it at the expense of the poor the homeless and so on who can’t afford an expensive meal, is Criminal
Buisseses will just charge more for services and automate. Prices will surge for everything and thus just more inflation. It's possible that 22 bucks an hour will purchase less then what their making now.
If you can't pay living wages you aren't profitable in any real sense because your business hasn't met its operational requirements.
Tired of corporations abusing US social services for their profit margins!
Exactly, their business model is based on sub-standard wages. It’s a form of slavery. P
@@MrChazz965 Who forced you to work there? Maybe get a skill that employers are willing to pay for. Or if you think you could do better than them, go for it, what is stopping you?
@@MrChazz965Until recently no one expected to support an entire household on a fast food job. Also it is unfair to all other industries that pay minimum wage to their employees to single out one group and literally give them a massive raise. Grocery store, retail, gas station employees, what about them?
And don't say form counsels and boost wages that's not the answer.
Paying employees more drives up cost which drives up inflation which reduces the spending power of a dollar, it's basic economics.
To reduce inflation you increase gross domestic product. AS in people make things in this country, you don't outsource the labor.
And to anyone who says making things here would drive up the cost no it wouldn't. The more of something there is the cheaper you can sell it. It's basic supply and demand. Increased supply doesn't lower demand, it lowers cost of the product. And if the products are cheaper, the spending power of your dollar goes up reducing inflation.
If ground beef gets too expensive, the solution isn't pay people more so they can afford expensive ground beef, its raise more cows so there's more beef, so the cost goes down, and now people can afford it.
Also by not outsourcing the work, that money stays local in our economy. But by paying someone in another country to do that job a portion of the money you spend on that product here get sent overseas to that employee and he spends it locally in his economy boosting that up.
Or do they not teach basic economics in schools anymore?
@@fatmonkey4716 people need to work to eat and get some form of shelter. They have no other choice but to work long hours with little pay just to fill their family, that's why it can be seen as a form of slavery. Also, there is no such thing as unskilled work
@@bakachan3601 that’s republican trickle down economic garbage. Wages should go up a lot across the board. It helps everyone. The past 40 years of that crap has destroyed the middle class. You are part of the problem.
“Governor Newsom Signs Legislation to Improve Working Conditions and Wages for Fast-Food Workers”
He signed the bill, appropriately, on Labor Day.
How will this bill help? Be specific please
Gav sure knows how to start a mess and not follow through with what he started. Thanks for nothing Gav! Raise their pay and prices. It’s the CA way.
I feel for them but, if this bill passes then they could get $22/hour
A lot of small businesses (Farmers, Grocery stores, and etc.) will not be able to afford it and will have to leave California.
What they need to do is have each city have their own minimum wage.
In San Francisco, you have to make a minimum of $100,000 a year to be at the poverty line.
While most cities in California if you make $100,000 a year you will just be okay
You are not paying attention. Are you a troll? This legislation only applies to chains with at least 100 locations nationwide. Small businesses need not worry.
@@dannerino This right here ^
@@dannerino Perfect. The nationwide corporations can simply rename up to 99 stores. I'd suggest every business leave the state tho.
@@dannerino you seem to not understand. This bill will be a disaster. More layoffs and more expensive less quality food
If a job doesn't pay enough to survive it should not exist.
Everyone should move and let him keep California.
If this passes everything will go up
So eat home 🏡
But that every one...i work at Walmart in we are in the same boot
Corporate and Political and Racial Greed and Corruption Must Stop
This is deliberate, it will cause the fast food restaurants to automate everything and it will convert them into vending machines with nearly no employees.
This is likely the intention. Appears to be Pro Worker, but in reality it's effect is to instill further automation(the ultimate goal) due to the increased wages.
Automation is a good thing because it gives people more free time overall to spend with their families and pursue hobbies and such. Automation improves life quality because people get enough resources for living, like food, housing, education etc., just because they're humans.
removing the income tax would make a better difference
If they put this bill into law not only will most fast food workers loose their jobs but fast food will disappear in California.
Did the car dealers disappear when they insanely mark-up their inventory for no reason(covid)? Nope… They just kept selling and more expensive.
I personally really hope this passes being that I live in California. However I strongly doubt this bill at all, at least without extreme resistance, and its for the same reason that these workers are having to work 16 hour days and still not being able to afford rent. Capitalism is the problem and I think should this bill pass it would be a great starting point for class solidarity however that's exactly why I don't see it passing. The borgeoses don't want to allow our class consciousness to build.
It's nice to see someone else's can see the deeper roots to the problem.
@@Istandby666 becoming politically aware is probably the best and worst thing to happen to me. Before I was a happy little California liberal now I'm like welp I'm in a 1 party state and my life is only around so that I can be a cog in the capitalist machine, but now that I am aware I can help educate people about the root causes to their material issues. Each one teach one
@@ethanmorgan2554 PREACH 🙏
Lead a movement, Ethan. The common people need good leadership. How could you lose? There are way more of us than there are of them and our need is great. Enlightened people like you create the future.
@@pattoneill2402 only if you join me comrade!
Sign it Newsome or stop talking about other governors
This channel NEEDS more subscribers Jesus Christ
I guarantee you with out any doubt in my mind he will not. They don't care about us, neither of the corporate duopoly parties. What do you think the donors who payed him wants? Thats what will happen.
If you're from the rust belt ask your self why we had some of the best hospitals around... Union healthcare... Ask your retired family member if the worked in a union and why then did they vote in a Republican....
I think he will sign it ❤️☮️
Don’t sign it! The price of food is going to go up!. Get to jobs if you need to make it or get a better job!
What about the lives of countless poor immigrants who eat at fast food places? I guess you haven't seen who the fast food restaurants customers are. If restaurants have to pay more for workers, they would either have to raise food prices or close down shops. They're not going take it out of executive pay. Dream on. All this bill really does is either raise food price on the poorest or put countless number of fast food workers out of work looking for another minimum waged job.
Lololol time to make CA worse. Glad I left that dump.
There is plenty of housing, but its priced outside what workers can actually earn. There should be rent control for all existing housing. If they build housing, they prrfer to build luxury housing. So solve the problem of homelessness by limiting the price of rent to the median income of any person who applies for housing.
Please tell me how people will buy properties that have low profit margin?
Maria will soon be homeless and unemployed 😂
Correct title : all he needs to do is resign.
Have there been layoffs, with the workers doing the jobs of more people on higher wages? Not only the labor laws are broken.
Since when did fast food jobs become jobs where u support a family? Does jobs r for high school and college kids!.
Get ready for layoffs and business closures.
despicable greedy corporations!
California, with this bill goes further into socialism. More jobs will be lost and push business out of California.
Annnnd...people working those jobs with 16 hr. shifts are losing apartments/ homes and have no benefits, while corporate continues to get richer. 🙃 This wage increase is needed across the board!
@@readinglady California is a great state, beautiful, great climate. The most expensive place to live. Rolling black outs, poverty, homelessnesses. A third world country in the greatest country on earth. The current government makes it worse daily. Is there an endless supply of money? Socialism doesn’t work, never has. Passing a bill that mandates a wage and benefits is socialism. California is doomed to fail.
@@readinglady California is a great state, beautiful, great climate. The most expensive place to live. Rolling black outs, poverty, homelessnesses. A third world country in the greatest country on earth. The current government makes it worse daily. Is there an endless supply of money? Socialism doesn’t work, never has. Passing a bill that mandates a wage and benefits is socialism. California is doomed to fail.
These jobs are not meant to support a family. I can train a 12-13 year old to do it tomorrow. These are entry level positions, a transition to better paying jobs.
where is it? you need time and skill. people dont have time for it.
OK boomer
Well, times change, now they are meant to support families as they do. Most people in this line of work are over 25.
It's needed.
This will actually harm Restaurant industry. A mom & pop owners will go out of business.
Mom & Pops lost their businesses during first covid shutdown.
It only applies to businesses with over 100 employees I believe. So corporate fast food chains.
Yeah, many are going to be cut, and the cost of service to the moon 🌙 🙄
Have fun being replaced by a machine. Nobody is gonna pay $15 for a Big Mac
More businesses that will be leaving commifornia.
I would love to see 500 thousand Californian fast food workers walk out.
Same!!!
They will, once the restaurants cut hours and replace as many of them with machines. Your lack of critical thinking is showing.
I don't eat fast food so wouldn't bother me
@@wed3k So, you really think this will have no impact on other businesses that use unskilled labor?
CEOs DON'T HAVE WAGE CAP. Eliminate wage cap.
Eliminate minimum wage. That will allow the market to determine your value. If you don't like it, grow your value. Responsibility wins.
Make sectoral bargaining common in the US.
Amen!
I grew up in Detroit I don't know I love Jack in the Box this is really really sad prayers and a hug go out to all of them
$22 an HOUR? OMG. You think that’s going to fix the problem? Expect prices for customers to rise where they no longer can afford to go to “fast food” restaurants. As it is right now, I used to go out a lot, but prices have gone up so much, I have stopped eating out. More customers not eating out means less money for companies and workers. I feel for the people working fast food. I worked at Wendy’s for 8 years and the most I made was $3.60/hour. (In the 80s and 90s). But I was also age 16-24. It is an ENTRY level job, meant for younger workers to get their foot in the door. Not usually meant for a career.
Fast food worker shouldnt be a career. Especially when you cant count to 10 on my nuggets. Why pay more when you just keep showing up for double shifts either way? Lmfao
'All told, I've suffered $150,000 in wage theft over nine years' - Maria Bernal ｜Fast Food Worker
9 years…. 150k…. In Cali…..
What a loser lol
Wage theft is a serious crime. And has been rampant in the industry: law makers and Gavin have been slow and he owns a winery restaurant….
He isn't affected directly because he owns less than 100 restaurants.
yes I've experienced wage theft multiple times. I've known people that religiously check every pay stub for wage theft due to how common it is for them. And when it's caught it was always oops they just made a mistake.
@@jacobr5627 he actually owns 100 restaurants? Still a lot. But what the criteria?
@@davinxi5926 I said Newsom owns LESS than 100 restaurants and this law would only apply to restaurants with at least 100 locations like McDonalds, Taco Bell or In N Out.
@@jacobr5627 thank you for telling me
Living wages need to be required, corporations making record profits just let people doing their job live in poverty never having a thought of decency.
If a fast food franchise is so profitable, why haven't you started one?
Personality my opinion it just don't sense if fast food wages increase so does fast food cost increase less people will stop buying even less foot traffic making a pandora effect cutting hours, loss job, cutting business hours even less. The point of fast food that is still around is because it was for low-cost food for low income people that can barely afford a decent hot meal. It should not be pass there can be more damage after all what qualification can someone need to be working at a fast food that pays $22/hour that's more than an manager gets paid for to keep low labor under control. And if so shouldn't there be more qualified candidate not just any can be working a fast food and not take it seriously.
Jobs being offered by big nation-wide businesses that don't offer livable wages shouldn't exist in the free market, categorically.
That is so sad. Imagine working 16 hours a day and then having to live in your car with your children. That is a horrific existence
And the decisions she has made put her there. I am not uncaring, but actions have consequences in the real world.
Its better than most 3rd world countries. Sometimes you don't even get the opportunity to find work and then you have to steal to survive.
honestly he probably will sign it, he's stood up for things like this
Omg I had no idea!!! This needs to happen.
The wage increase alone would change hundreds of thousands of lives for the better! It's one thing for a high school kid to work for minimum wage as a first job but adults with families, paying rent and utilities, minimum wage doesn't pay the bills. Not at all.
What really needs to happen is for the restaurant customers of California to have a one month walk-out. An "eat at home for 30 days" would put and end to this crap once and for all.
What would also help is if Newsome signs this bill.
Of course, you people think you can mandate everything your little hearts desire. How about, instead of trying to get everyone to follow your desires(impossible), you do the work to make responsible decisions and you won't have to worry about minimum wage? Better yet, if these franchises are making so much profit, get one of those.
Not to be ‘that guy’ but working both fast food and the particular type of retail that THD is which is somewhat a cross between retail and a warehouse I’m sort of hoping we see a rise in wages there too. Rn it’s just slightly above 16 but the trade off is that it’s significantly more dangerous than McDonalds and can be equally as exhaustive
Or maybe learn a skill that will allow you to get better employment. But of course, that would involve responsibility, and I bet you lack that.
@@fatmonkey4716 ignoring the fact that both of those workers require skills for their trade. It’s an economic certainty if the people working those jobs can’t afford to live in their area you won’t have those services. Also I’m an apprentice at a financial advisory firm for construction projects
LET'S GET THIS BILL SIGNEDD
It was signed on Labor Day. Whew.
@@twistoffate4791 YEAHHHH
Collective bargaining is big in Australia too.
10 years working and don't speak English, come on. They'll price themselves out of the market and jobs. Fast food wasn't meant to be a middle class career.
Well, if you're going to paint a picture, then please paint the whole picture. It's 10 years of 16-hour work shifts with no breaks and barely enough pay due to wage theft, living from paycheck to paycheck.
Also, she can speak English, but she speaks Spanish much better and is able to express her situation more clearly in Spanish, which is why they allowed her to speak in Spanish for the video.
When rent is half your monthly income, rent is to dang high. Housing is a basic need and should be provided for every Citizen. A.M.E.R.I.C.A.N'S All Mankind Equal Religion Individual Color Age Name Society
As a former franchise owner of a large fast food company, all I can see is more lost jobs. In the past 20 years I was able to decrease my employment liabilities by 25% before coved-19. As of now, my old portfolio has decreased by 30%., with the new franchisees and they are trying to avoid bankruptcy. Employees are the number 1 cost to employers. And if you can't stay in business, you can't employ workers....Plus you can't pay the bills if you don't have a job.... Increasing wages means no opportunities for the unemployed......
When human beings have what they truly require for self-sustenance, Capitalism is better served, and profits increase through gains in purchasing power. Do those in the 1% agree with this? Most likely, that is a Nope. How blind. If his bill is Vetoed I hope it can be edited to a fast turnaround after improving it. Maybe it is time for the American Capitalist Movement to embrace above selfish desires. If they have vision for such things.
A well of working class becomes an educated working class. One that has revolutionary potential, one that those not volunteer too die in imperial wars, one that sees the value in every experience. Reagans secretary of state said it best “we are in danger of creating an educated proletarian”
Capitalism is the problem period. But keep beating your head against that wall.
@@AnotherConscript Well said! Their fear is still strong in this regard. Keep the pressure on.
In my imagination, I want all the fast-food drive through lanes closed for a few days. You will never find me in one of those lines. I quit fast food in 1987 and automobiles in 1993. So, no. I would not voluntarily walk into one, either.
Libra Dragon: If Newsome vetoes this bill, it'll only see the light of day if it's sufficiently watered down enough to satisfy the corporations.
Minimum wage is ~$25/hr. Minimum wage needs to be tied to the the market and inflation.
Coll, Next pass laws against hedge funds from buying residential properties and single-family houses. Also pass laws against Air B&B using residential dwellings!
Watching from Europe: how is this even possible? Low pay, pay theft, no health care, no sick leave... INHUMANE! Governor Newsome - sign it!
SIGN THE BILL!!!!
I wonder if she realizes that the inflation caused by democrat vote buying wage increases is a big contributor to her not being able to afford housing. Not to mention the bad judgement of trying to make a living in an industry which is based on teenage kids making extra money. Also if a lot of those folks weren’t here illegally they might have other employment options.
YES YES YES. You are so right!!!! This is exactly the truth!!!
Nope, inflation is happening, wages remain stagnated. Either catch up wages to stagnation or watch people die, but I guess that’s what you like, huh Charles
@@Anna-xh6fk Please don’t project your hate on to me and read a book on economics..
hope this happens in minnesota, every day I feel like my job is killing me slowly.
So get a skill that pays. You obviously aren't an economics student, so why do you think your opinion has any insight into what will actually happen?
@@fatmonkey4716 yes sir. any other orders today, oh supreme and all knowing economics student?
The fact he hasn’t yet said anything says he’s not going to because he’s owned by corporations
Fast food workers do deserve to make more money, but the solution is to target corporate profits with taxation, this will just result in increased costs for the consumer. I love unions and collective bargaining, but this legislation seems ill-conceived; its goals will be to easily circumvented by corporate greed.
Mar M.: It's not a singular solution.
Yes, corporations need to be taxed. They don't need to be continually subsidized. And they don't need to be bailed out when their greedy business practices render them bankrupt.
But wages need to increase as well and the workers need to have a say in the work place. Current minimum wage doesn't even begin to address the rise in inflation, and that was well before this current, dare I say it, recession.
More than half of all working Americans live at or below the poverty level. 80% of working Americans live pay check to pay check. Not exactly a glowing endorsement for the wealthiest, greatest nation on earth.
This is what end stage capitalism looks like.
What’s he waiting for? He said he got into politics because he doesn’t like bullies, we’ll good, sign the bill then.
$22 hr. is inadequate for California. All workers deserve a living wage and unfortunately, wage theft is rampant throughout the system.
$22 an hour is the bare minimum you can earn in AZ and afford a two bedroom apartment. I can't even imagine what that would be in California dollars...
What is enough-with some it will never end until they can sit on buts and get paid for that.
They’ve already have the style of employment in Germany it works
Chipotl3 as well. All the food companies who are making $$$$ and doing business in Russia like mcdonalsss: they can afford to pay their workers for a dignified wages and benefits. CEOs are making 388374893x more than the average Joe/Jane
I hope this becomes law and spreads across the country. These workers deserve to be treated fairly, as all workers do. Solidarity forever.
Do it Gov Newsom!!
Putting mayonnaise on bread is NOT a career.
I trust that Gov. Newsome will do the right thing and sign this bill!
Be the leader in this effort for food workers, show other states how it can be done! Help families, please!
I trust that Newsome will be bought off by the restaurant lobby, and act as every other corrupt politician.
How can you trust him to do the right thing? He's spent his career upholding capital interests overwhelmingly.
What will that due to the price of a quarter pounder with cheese? $$$$. I know my family and I will be saying bye bye to fast food chains, for good!
@@Kay-hg2vo so people should lose their home and live in a car so you can get an already overpriced, unhealthy quarter pounder with cheese? Sounds like your family needs to lay off fast food either way.
@@myjewelry4u: I don't think that's exactly what Kate is saying.
She's right that the corporations will find a way to offset the increase wages on to the consumer. That's why this bill is bitter sweet. It does address the needs of the workers, but it doesn't reign in rapacious capitalism. It's a band aid, that doesn't address the root problem.
Much like Biden's student loan forgiveness. It's a band aid that doesn't address the root issue, but it looks good 80 days before a midterm election.
And if this bill passes, which i highly doubt it will in its current form, Newsome will probably veto it and kick it down to the assembly to water it down, but if it does pass, these corporations will just close hundreds of locations. Just as Starbucks is willing to shut down locations that unionize. That eliminates overhead and increases profits.
They always find a way.
What is a living wage?
Enough for one person.
Or enough for a single parent and one child.
Maybe, enough for a single parent and three children or 5 children.
Who is to decide what a living wage is?
The one with no children or the one with one child, maybe the one with 5 children.
So now the employer is going to be responsible for someone else's poor choices in life.
Heaven forbid you open a lemonade stand and someone with 5 children demands you pay her enough to support herself and five children. That would be her living wage, right?
Then the businesses have to deal with pay equality. How would a member of management feel earning less than a cook that has been there for 6 years and refuses to accept promotions because they don't want to put the effort to learn the language so they could receive the promotion.
This is going to require a hard look at everything in the fast food industry. A serious conversation is needed about the practices they are going.
It is not about poor choice in Life. In a society, there is just a limited number of work places available in different sectors.
IF there is a building projet, not everyone can be the project manager. Someone has to physically built that. And lets say, Food Serving Industry. You need someone to sell your food to customers.
Every Company has a responsibility. That is to treat your customers and staff fairly, to make sure, that your product is not dangerous and that you are not destroying society/environment.
IF you cant fulfill these responsibilites, there should be penalties high enough to make sure that you follow your responsibility.
A living Wage depends on how much money you need to spent for average LIfe in the area where you work in. That includes Housing, Food, Transportation basic utilities.
Many companies offload that to the taxpayer by underpaying staff to make sure the rest is covered by social benefits.
A member of management can earn his money, but they need to make sure beforehand that the staff is payed so they can live a normal Life.
And i dont get this "This is communism and against the Idea that everyone can make it mentality"... I think we need Capitalism to have a running economy and innovation. Capitalism in itself is a motivation for everyone to go their way to archieve in LIfe. Why should i work as a Doctor when i earn the same as someone working at McDonalds. There need to be a motivation to make sure that people are willing to go into that direction.
But that doesnt exclude the responsibility you have
How can you even look yourself in the mirror if there is someone who is working 16 hours Every Single Day and that this person cant afford rent.
Im from Germany, and 16 hours of Work is not allowed here. Reason for that is, that after 10+ hours, productiviy is going down massively and mistakes and potential accidents will appear more often. The normal is 8-10 Hours. And from that money, you can live here. Everyone is able to live here off of that.
There is still a lot of poverty and people not having enough mone at the end but that is moreoften because of some poor life choices. When People earn lets say 1.500 Euro a month (thats a normal workers income) and average rent is 500 for 50 sqm and the other costas are also not more than 500 extra, people complain about not enough money while they own a car or smoke or whatever. There you could argue with that.
Personally im studiyn construction management and im going to have a good life after that. There is more demand in that labour market than there is supply so most likely i will have 10+ potential companies where i could work.
@@Ednet34 Tell me, what percent of income taxes you pay? I like the lower taxes of the US because I have the responsibility of where my money goes. Responsible people will use it to invest and create opportunities for growth, less responsible people waste it. You are directly arguing for less responsibility and more government oversight. No thanks, my vote will always be towards freedom.
@@fatmonkey4716 Taxation starts at roughly 10k annual income and from there it goes from 14% up to 42%.
But there is a progression curve so it depends on the income.
Even though taxation goes to federel, state and local government you just need to pay taxes towards federal instituition. From there it is split.
In 2021, germany collected around 833bn €.
From that, around 250bn has been collected by Sales Tax and 220bn by income tax.
In general 50% of that goes to federal 40-45% to state and 5-10% to local governernments.
From federal taxes (400+bn €) around 25% goes to pension and 16% towards benefits for people not working/ low income jobs who need assistance.
12-15% is used for military, 10% for infrastructure and the rest towards science, family, environment etc.
The pension system works as follows.
Wveryone who is working pays into it. From that money the people who are in retirement now get their pension. And future generations will pay my pensiln for example.
The basic Idea in germany is, that everyone has the possibility to not be homeless and have a living and a roof over their head. We are a large vommunity and we work together to archieve success.
The problem that occurs in the Us is that everyone is working towards themselves. " I dont care if others go to hell as long as i succeed. "
If someone makes bad decisions he will not have a very good life. If someone spends to much money they will be in debt. Bjt the the good thing is, except fines and taxes all debts can be cancelled within 3 years. You can go to court and declare bankruptcy. Then you have 3 years time where you have to work towards paying back your debt. Lets say you have 100.000 debt and you earn 2.000 a month. There is a minimum that cant be confiscated for debt. Around 1.200€ a month.
So that person can pay 800 euro a month to close debt. After 3 years or 36 months, that person basically paid off 30k of it and because the 3years are over the rest of it is being wiped and there is no more debt to no party anymore. But that person could start new debt. But declaring bankruptcy a second time within 11 years, there is no debt cancellation possible.
Everyone has health insurance that is taken care of partly by the employer and partly by the employee. Medical treatments that are necessary to stay healthy are covered. If i go to a psychiatrist, no extra payment. Cancer treatment no extra cost, organ transplant no extra cost. Every medication that has been prescriped by the doctor, 5€ max even if it is worth thousands of €.
Yes, you pay for a lot of things that might not be in your instant benefit but you help others and they help you.
@@Ednet34 Yeah, no thanks. And can I just walk into Germany and start receiving benefits? Or is there a lengthy process where I have to prove employment and self sufficiency?
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Why is the Governor holding back? I am for workers rights. But this was an incomplete report on a very important issue.
Ronald McDonnald: Newsome is stalling because his corporate owners, the ones who fund his campaigns and provide for his lifestyle, don't want this bill passed.
He has to walk the knifes edge between doing what's right and doing what his owners want.
Despite all the obvious signs to the contrary, this one included, people still think elected officials represent them. They don't, and haven't since Reagan ushered in neoliberalism.
@@Vanderearden I see. Thank you for your insight!