In their third report on the subject and second update of data, University of California researchers reach the same conclusions that have twice bedeviled the anti-wage hike sector of the restaurant industry: California’s $20 an hour fast food minimum wage, instituted in 2024, did not reduce employment. It led to only the most modest of price increases — barely noticeable to a consumer.
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No shit. Labor’s already been cut down to bare minimum levels, anywhere paying minimum wage, despite that minimum wage being hideously low. Businesses that need those workers will obviously just pay them a more sensible amount, as a fraction of their operating cost.
So make it $35/hr.
And pin that number to cost-of-living, year on year.