New York City fast food workers are super-psyched, you guys! Finally, their whining and complaining has paid off:
BREAKING: NY Wage Board votes unanimously in favor of $15 wage for fast-food workers! #FightFor15 pic.twitter.com/67olQKk0L8
— NY Working Families (@NYWFP) July 22, 2015
Breaking: NY Wage Board recommends $15 for all fast food workers. #FightFor15 pic.twitter.com/MdYoFshSgL
— Fight For 15 (@fightfor15) July 22, 2015
HUGE: The New York wage board recommended raising fast-food pay in ALL of New York State to $15 an hour. #Fightfor15 pic.twitter.com/uVJXHQRcUS
— Popular Democracy (@popdemoc) July 22, 2015
#YesWeDid!! https://t.co/wp5lANNqfz
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) July 22, 2015
Congrats New York! In labor victory, fast food workers in New York will get a $15 minimum wage http://t.co/fV2wHO4bYO #1u #fightfor15
— Nevada State AFL-CIO (@NVAFLCIO) July 22, 2015
More from WaPo:
After three years of campaigning, New York’s fast food workers are getting exactly what they wanted: A $15 an hour minimum wage.
The boost comes as a result of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to convene a Wage Board, which has the power to set a new minimum for the fast food industry’s 200,000 workers in New York without the approval of the state legislature. On Wednesday, the Board recommended that the new floor be phased in, rising to $15 by the end of 2018 in New York City, and July of 2021 for the rest of the state.
The three-member board arrived at its decision after listening to hours of emotional testimony from workers, unions, and business owners who described both the difficulty of working for the current state minimum wage, and the potential impact of raising it dramatically. The increase still has to go through a comment period and a regulatory process at the state’s Department of Labor before becoming final.
OK, so it may not technically be final yet, but at least their dignity has been restored:
“Finally I’ll be able to move out of poverty.” NY fast food workers excited to live beyond basic survival w/ $15 wage http://t.co/xg4CrIh7QT
— Abby Martin (@AbbyMartin) July 22, 2015
So, you think that’s how it works, guys?
False https://t.co/lO3gxojo8V
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 22, 2015
If economic ignorance is bliss, then these folks are on cloud nine — but not for long.
https://twitter.com/JustEric/status/623998783785955328
We might feel bad for them, too. If we hadn’t already exhausted ourselves warning them that they’re only screwing themselves over.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/623997565873356800
@CharonMG @kpiper1980 higher wages = higher labor costs = higher food costs = fewer customers = less revenue = more layoffs/fewer jobs
— Tommy Hessney (@hesstruck41) July 22, 2015
@AbbyMartin or be replaced by machines..
— [omitted] (@ThirstyTortuga) July 22, 2015
#FightFor15 pic.twitter.com/WXWiZXe0lb
— Markeece Young (@blkrepub24) July 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/Nick_1453/status/624000136054743040
@AbbyMartin Uh,… no. They will soon be replaced with self-service kiosks.
— Never Trump aka Human Scum Sierra (@Sierra0505) July 22, 2015
@AbbyMartin Until the robots take all their jobs.
— Antoinette (@starshine_3) July 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/mckracken83/status/623998551522017284
https://twitter.com/Tark31/status/623997204580036608
https://twitter.com/Wilfguy/status/623994566753054721
@AbbyMartin
Direct quote from most of the people who are about to get priced out of the labor market and/or replaced by machines.— Saint 'This Account Satirizes Socialists' Stephen (@NewProtectorate) July 22, 2015
@AbbyMartin they're in for a rude awakening.
— Ðéäth§trìkéVírûs (@DSVirus) July 22, 2015
@AbbyMartin When reality hits, it's going to leave quite a mark. @brycecovert
— GMS (@sasso333) July 22, 2015
Reality bites. Hard.
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