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Minimum wage increases for fast food workers and Lyft drivers

2024/4/24
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Pavithra Mohan: 加州新的最低工资法案是多年工人行动主义和抗议的结果，旨在提高快餐员工的工资和工作保障。该法案将快餐员工的最低工资提高到20美元/小时，但一些公司对此表示反对，并声称这将导致裁员和门店关闭。然而，历史数据表明，最低工资上涨并没有导致大规模失业。此外，一些公司存在工资盗窃行为，例如要求员工以两个不同工人的身份打卡以规避加班费。 David Risher: Lyft公司通过削减成本（包括裁员）和专注于核心业务，实现了盈利增长。Lyft认为，提高司机最低工资到15美元/小时以上会提高价格，降低需求，最终导致司机收入减少。Lyft与明尼阿波利斯市议会就司机薪资问题存在争议，Lyft认为其提出的妥协方案可以提高司机收入，同时不会对乘客和司机造成负面影响。Lyft的司机都是合同工，而不是员工，只有约15%的司机可以被认为是全职司机。Lyft正在努力与政策制定者合作，以找到一个对所有利益相关者都有利的解决方案。 Yasmin Gagne & Josh Christensen: 讨论了加州新的最低工资法案对快餐员工的影响，以及Lyft公司与明尼阿波利斯市议会就司机薪资问题产生的争议。他们分析了法案的背景、影响以及各方观点，并探讨了最低工资上涨对就业和经济的影响。

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California's new minimum wage law raises pay to $20 an hour for fast food workers, affecting chains like McDonald's and Starbucks with over 60 locations nationwide. Opponents predict layoffs and store closures, but workers see potential for a decent living wage.

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Fast food workers in California are seeing an increase in their paychecks. This is because of a recent minimum wage law that went into effect earlier this month. The law requires fast food chains like McDonald’s and Starbucks to pay workers $20 per hour. It will also affect restaurants that have at least 60 other locations nationwide. Opponents of the law say it will lead to layoffs and store closures . . . but for fast food workers who have been fighting for better pay, this could mean being able to get a decent living wage. Fast Company Staff Writer Pavithra Mohan joined us to unpack it all. For more on this, check out Pavithra's reporting).

Then we chatted with Lyft) CEO David Risher about taking over the company after cofounders Logan Green and John Zimmer left a year ago, having to lay off more than a quarter of the company’s workforce last April, and focusing on his key strategy: “customer obsession drives profitable growth.” We also discussed the company’s future in Minneapolis, whether self-driving cars will transform the industry, and what Risher learned heading up U.S. retail at Amazon under Jeff Bezos.