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California set to hike wages for fast-food workers to industry-leading $20 per hour
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I remember reading an article about strawberry pickers out here in California about 25 years ago. The math in the article said they could triple the pay of the pickers, and it would add a similar amount (around $0.20) per carton at retail. But we can't do that for some fucking reason.
Just think... if all the produce we bought was 20 cents more at retail, we'd have to spend... well I don't know exactly, but at least an additional $3. Can anyone afford that?!
That math is just a little lie that makes up a part of the Big Lie. The truth is that increasing workers' wages does not tend to lead to price inflation in most markets. It simply reduces profits and C-level bonuses.
Funny how nobody ever talks about the labor cost of CEO pay driving up prices 🤔
Imagine not having to use illegal immigrants as an option yet you guys would rather pay $.20 less.
By "you guys" you mean the executives at Dole and Delmonte that would rather pocket the $0.20 per pint themselves than pay a fair wage, right?
My assumption is that it's only $0.20 because the assumption is that the C-suite of whoever is selling the strawberries is expected to lower their profit margins.
And we know that's never going to happen.