Gov. Brown Signs Law Increasing Calif. Minimum Wage
Will eventually rise to $10 an hour.
Regulations will take effect in 2015
Many parts of state still have double-digit unemployment
Says protesters demanding higher pay are "a handful of union-orchestrated media stunts, made of up of primarily union members and activists."
A great way to price low-skilled labor out of the market
Which means they probably won't hire them at all
Why are Occupy-style activists receiving taxpayer support?
Workers at McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and KFC in seven cities participating
Because pricing workers out of the market is brilliant
Politicians don't care if they scare inexpensive retailers away
Were not paid for the work they did
State regulations tie salary rules to minimum wage
It's apparently never a bad time to price labor out of jobs
There are fears the minimum wage could be cut after small business owners said they couldn't afford it
Vote could take place over weekend
Automation looks increasingly attractive
Teenage unemployment rate, for example, at 25 percent, nowhere near recent lows
How long will progressives get away with pretending to care about the poor?
Note that the healthiest economy in the Eurozone doesn't have one
The owners say the business can't afford the extra cost
The push for minimum wage ignores low income earners.
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