2024-04-04 09:38:25
Los workers of fast food restaurants in California yesterday they celebrated the increase in minimum wage from 16 to 20 dollars per hour, despite the fact that specialists warn that prices will also rise in that already expensive state in the American West.
These employees of enormous franchises who flip burgers and stuff burritos day and night are now guaranteed one of the highest base salaries in the US.
“It will help me breathe a little easier when it comes to paying rent and even buying food,” said Angélica Hernández, who works in a McDonald’s of the Angels.
“In the 19 years I’ve been working in this industry (…) maybe 25 cents was the most we would have in a year if we were ‘good workers,’ so this is a huge increase”, he added.
Juliet Garciaemployee of Pizza Hutconsidered that given the high cost of living in California, this increase from 16 to 20 dollars per hour is very important.
“We go to the supermarket with 100 dollars and it’s not enough,” said García, a native of Guatemala.
In California, More than half a million people work in the fast food sector, in globally recognized chains but also in smaller local brands.
Tia Coonse, from Universidad of California in Los Angeles,
states that the majority of workers in that industry are women and African-Americans, with an average annual salary of $25,800, well below the state average of $43,000.
“There is a misconception that factory workers fast food “They are teenagers who work for a few coins,” he told reporters.
“But the truth is that well over half are over 25 years old… and a quarter are the main economic support of your home.”
The rule promulgated in 2023 by the Democratic governor Gavin Newsom It applies to establishments with reduced or no table service and that have at least 60 locations throughout the country.
Some chains have said they will have to raise prices and warn that wage increases could end up costing jobs.
“Everyone is going to have to pay more,” Jack Hartung, chief financial officer of Chipotle Mexican Grill, was quoted as saying. Wall Street Journal.
Chipotle, whose headquarters are in California, It has increased its prices four times in the last two years and says it is considering further increases of up to 9% to cover the wage increase. Alexaner Johnson, who operates in Cinnabon He considered that there may be layoffs with the increases.
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