Ensuring the automation of minimum wage jobs. Great job screwing the working poor again, nimrods!#FightFor15 https://t.co/2UidQCxX8q
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) April 4, 2016
California legislators recently voted to raise the statewide minimum wage to $15-an-hour in stages over the next few years. Today, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill into law:
#California enacts highest statewide #minimumwage in US. https://t.co/bRYNfxQakY pic.twitter.com/LXIUKsB0X1
— AP Business News (@APBusiness) April 4, 2016
BREAKING: California governor signs bill creating highest statewide minimum wage at $15 an hour by 2022.
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 4, 2016
Anybody with a grasp on economics knows what’s going to happen next.
BREAKING: More California small businesses flee broken state. https://t.co/VyQ1z14rbE
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) April 4, 2016
So cute. Not Pictured: Hugs for the poor people who won't get jobs. https://t.co/pf8hgX16oj
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) April 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/yesnicksearcy/status/717036671439474688
@yesnicksearcy @APBusiness Expect a ton of layoffs as barely hanging on businesses have to dump workers who were making $7-12/hr
— Pete & Lisa Got Caught Tampering With Flynn's 302! (@drawandstrike) April 4, 2016
@APBusiness I have descriptor for those whose marginal value of labor on the production line is less than $15/hour: "unemployed".
— Tomas J. Nally (@Steelweaver52) April 4, 2016
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Self-Checkout in every register at every store https://t.co/rigDeuKPuG
— nitraM (@NotaMethLab) April 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/Jedel123/status/717037054576603136
@AP @ChooseToBFree THE NEW WORKERS AT MCDONALDS LOOKS LIKE THIS pic.twitter.com/VfQ7qBvIFi
— Donald (@Dymodon) April 4, 2016
They misspelled "…creating highest youth unemployment in the country by 2022." https://t.co/cJIK7lNYX4
— Not-So-OK Boomer Rand (@Rand_Simberg) April 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/MikeJames6556/status/717028770389975040
https://twitter.com/M_Foresta/status/717045351363035136
https://twitter.com/davidjacksmith/status/717039282565808128
@APBusiness @TomokoHosaka I see more automated kiosks. No need to pay $15 an hour.
— JoeStu (@jlooksky) April 4, 2016
$15 an hour by 2022 might be nothing again. https://t.co/jHGoj5Ge7o
— . (@thegeminiedit) April 4, 2016
The wage increase is tied to inflation, so by the time the $15-an-hour minimum wage date is reached…
https://twitter.com/MatthewOrMatt/status/717030687233216513
#FightFor20 is next.
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