Minimum Wage Schadenfreude

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Rise in minimum wage to leave Pizza Hut delivery drivers jobless



Pizza Hut has decided to cut the delivery drive positions permanently because of the rise in the minimum wage in California.

"I feel like it's a big guy picking on the little guy," said Pizza Hut delivery driver Marvin Lopez Rangel.

Six days before Christmas, Pizza Hut told its employees many won't have a job starting February 16, 2024.

"They make billions of dollars easily in profits, and for them not to want to pay their workers a living wage and just to fire them across the board is really... disrespectful to say the least," said Lopez-Rangel.

Yum Brands Inc., which owns Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell, and the Habit Burger Grill, reported it earned $24 billion in digital sales in 2022.

To earn even more money, Pizza Hut has decided to start using third-party drivers like "Uber Eats" and "DoorDash."

"They would rather put profits over people," said Lopez Rangel.

Lopez Rangel said he has been working for Pizza Hut for almost five years.

"When they need you the most is when they want you, but now it looks like now that they can save $3," he said. "They want to get rid of the drivers instead of having some compassion and just say, 'Hey, you know what, we'll pay you guys an extra $2 or $3 or whatever."





Yeah except most stores are franchises
 
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Besides Saving on Labor, there is a consistency of the product .... and reduction of over usage of topings


in 1985 I saw an automated bartender .....

well drink mixing machine the human put in a glass and keyed in the drink, great for mass producing the Basic Drinks .... but there no reason the machine could not do 99% of the drinks

no more ' over ' pouring reducing shrinkage or theft ... and most of booze was locked up elsewhere
 
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GURPS said:
Besides Saving on Labor, there is a consistency of the product .... and reduction of over usage of topings


in 1985 I saw an automated bartender .....

well drink mixing machine the human put in a glass and keyed in the drink, great for mass producing the Basic Drinks .... but there no reason the machine could not do 99% of the drinks

no more ' over ' pouring reducing shrinkage or theft ... and most of booze was locked up elsewhere
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If I kick the side of the truck will it knock loose any pizzas that got stuck?
 
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GregV814 said:
well, seedy video parlors in porn districts have been using cow milking devices for...... oooops a guy told me that...
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My question is how many customers did it take before they remembered to disable the 6 gallons setting.
 
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Democrat Barbara Lee Demands $50 Minimum Wage: ‘Just Do The Math! Just Do The Math!’​



Lee, whose proposal means that minimum wage workers would make more than $100,000 per year, made the remarks while on stage Monday night facing off against Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Katie Porter (D-CA), and Republican Steve Garvey.

Schiff and Porter both have called for increasing the minimum wage to at least $20 an hour while Garvey has correctly pushed back against raising the minimum wage.

“In the Bay Area, I believe it was the United Way that came out with a report that very recently $127,000 for a family of four is just barely enough to get by,” Lee said. “Another survey very recently: $104,000. For a family of one, barely enough to get by low income because of the affordability crisis.”

“Just do the math! Just do the math!” she continued. “Of course we have national minimum wages that we need to raise to a living raise,” she said. “You’re talking about 20, 25 dollars, fine, but I have got to be focused on what California needs and what the affordability factor is when we calculate this wage.”
 
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California Democrats DEMAND $50 An Hour Minimum Wage As Residents RAGE Over McDonalds Food Prices!​


 
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Minimum wage could rise to $50 an hour, or $100,000 a year, under radical new plan​


Lee's proposal means that minimum wage workers would earn more than $100,000 per year. She made these comments while debating with Reps Adam Schiff (D-CA), Katie Porter (D-CA) and Republican Steve Garvey.

Schiff and Porter have both called for the minimum wage to be increased to at least $20 an hour. However, Garvey has resisted raising it. He warned that increasing it to $20 could lead to higher costs for hard-working Californians because the cost will ultimately be passed on to consumers.

"Just do the math! Just do the math!" Lee urged. "Of course, we have national minimum wages that we need to raise to a living wage," she said.

"You're talking about 20, 25 dollars, fine, but I have got to be focused on what California needs and what the affordability factor is when we calculate this wage."

"Again, minimum wage is where it is and should be," Garvey responded. "If you look at what California has done to fast food franchises right now, increasing the minimum wage to $20. Then what's going to happen? That's going to increase costs for hard-working Californians to go to a franchise."
 
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The funny thing is, minimum wage workers apparently only make up around 1% (used to be 2% before the big states raised it above the fed), and that's when they only count wage workers because apparently salaried workers don't affect the economy or something.

When you figure in state minimum wage it's higher, but not much. The overwhelming majority of them are food-prep service workers according to BLS.

So when they up the minimum wage it will drastically affect fast food more than other industries. So I don't know if I would say it causes a ton of inflation, but it certainly causes localized inflation in an area that lower income people will feel it the most.
 
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I was not happy when I stopped at McD's and ordered ONLY a single Filet-o-Fish sandwich and it was $5.70+tax. For just the sandwich! And it lasted literally 3-4 bites.
 
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OccamsRazor said:
I was not happy when I stopped at McD's and ordered ONLY a single Filet-o-Fish sandwich and it was $5.70+tax. For just the sandwich! And it lasted literally 3-4 bites.
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Imagine getting one in California after they mandate burger flippers getting $50 an hour.

You'll need a credit check for lunch.
 
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Every business should be employee owned. All in all, that is the most equitable solution.
 
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