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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The new law only applies to fast food chains that have more than 60 locations, so your local mom and pop restaurants won't be affected.[/b]

Large chains can adapt to this quickly by reducing staffing levels through the use of automation, AI, and mobile, online, and kiosk ordering. They can also close the dining room portion of their restaurants and go to a takeout only model, so no one is needed to clean and secure the dining room. The restaurant may also use AI to predict when the restaurant is busiest and staff according to the demand. They may decide to shorten their operating hours to save on labor costs.[/quote]
The problem with this conclusion is the mom & pops still have to compete for mostly the same labor pool. The better employees will drift to the $20/hr places if, as you point out, they even have any slots because their hours have been cut or the job has been outright replaced by some [i]thing[/i] else (robot, AI).

But to those who want to compare it to what they made back-in-the-day, you should probably reflect on the real standard of cost/equivalency. How long did you have to work to buy the product/service you made/did? Also, do you consistently vote 'no' on executive compensation plans when you get stock proxy notices?

I said when the [i]Fight for $15[/i] was a thing, it was only the beginning. I just hope when those that voted for the ones who voted for the "raise" do leave CA, that they don't bring that same mentality when they locust-land someplace else.[/quote]

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