Remember when we had that thread (can't find it now) about how fast food workers were complaining about the minimum wage and wanting to get paid $15 to flip burgers?
The liberals kept saying that it wouldn't cause businesses to close down.
Well, they were wrong.
http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/blog...urant-closings
Seattle's $15 wage law a factor in restaurant closings
As the implementation date for Seattle’s strict $15 per hour minimum wage law approaches, the city is experiencing a rising trend in restaurant closures. The tough new law goes into effect April 1st.
The closings have occurred across the city, from Grub in the upscale Queen Anne Hill neighborhood, to Little Uncle in gritty Pioneer Square, to the Boat Street Cafe on Western Avenue near the waterfront.
The shut-downs have idled dozens of low-wage workers, the very people advocates say the wage law is supposed to help. Instead of delivering the promised “living wage” of $15 an hour, economic realities created by the new law have dropped the hourly wage for these workers to zero.
The liberals kept saying that it wouldn't cause businesses to close down.
Well, they were wrong.
http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/blog...urant-closings
Seattle's $15 wage law a factor in restaurant closings
As the implementation date for Seattle’s strict $15 per hour minimum wage law approaches, the city is experiencing a rising trend in restaurant closures. The tough new law goes into effect April 1st.
The closings have occurred across the city, from Grub in the upscale Queen Anne Hill neighborhood, to Little Uncle in gritty Pioneer Square, to the Boat Street Cafe on Western Avenue near the waterfront.
The shut-downs have idled dozens of low-wage workers, the very people advocates say the wage law is supposed to help. Instead of delivering the promised “living wage” of $15 an hour, economic realities created by the new law have dropped the hourly wage for these workers to zero.
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