Andy Puzder, the CEO of fast-food chain Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, is exploring automation as a solution for rising labor costs due to the recent arbitrary increases in minimum wages across the country. … [Read more...]
Far-Left billionaire & “living wage” advocate pays own employees $7.25/hr
Democrats don’t often practice what they preach (the examples of high-flying “green” hypocrites Al Gore and Tom Steyer spring to mind). The latest example of the far-Left’s “do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do” … [Read more...]
Social service agencies struggle under weight of high minimum wages
This week, the House Appropriations Committee heard public testimony on their supplemental budget proposal. According to the Washington Policy Center, dozens of “citizens, agency officials and … [Read more...]
Oregon legislature to pass $14.75 minimum wage
The Oregon State Senate approved a measure which would increase the state minimum wage to as much as $14.75 per hour over the next six years, making us thankful that Republicans in Washington State … [Read more...]
Seattle’s government employee pay keeps going up – along with minimum wage hike imposed on businesses
Seattle’s elected leaders are nothing if not consistent – consistently picking the pockets of the city’s taxpayers. Two announcements this week show just how much Mayor Ed Murray, and his fellow … [Read more...]
$15 min. wage champions defeated in SeaTac
The two incumbent SeaTac City Councilmembers running for re-election—including the current mayor—will have to bid their jobs goodbye come January. Mayor Mia Gregerson and Councilmember Dave Bush were … [Read more...]
Seattle’s $15 min wage law hits restaurants with job losses
Providing some cover for Seattle politicians, the Puget Sound Business Journal claims that the city’s $15 minimum wage law has not yet produced the expected negative consequences warned by economists. … [Read more...]
Sawant wages war on tech industry… and competition
Socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant has embarked on her latest campaign to inflict economic damage on the city that elected her in 2013. The symbolic socialist is attempting to change … [Read more...]
Sea-Tac Airport subjected to “reckless wager” that is the $15 min. wage
Last week, the state Supreme Court ruled (5-4) that the unprecedented experiment that is the outrageously high $15 minimum wage applies to Sea-Tac International Airport. The ruling is a reversal of a … [Read more...]
Study faults $15 min. wage for Seattle job losses
According to University of Michigan economics professor Mark Perry, about 1,300 jobs have been cut in Seattle’s restaurant industry between January and June. Perry told KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson that … [Read more...]
Wendy’s explains why $15 min. wage hurts jobs
Wendy’s Company recently delivered a reminder of how implementing an artificially high minimum wage, like $15 per hour, impacts job growth. For its second-quarter earnings call, the company explained … [Read more...]
The Economist calls minimum wage hike a “reckless wager”
More economists are warning that increasing the minimum wage by unprecedented levels—like $12 per hour or $15 per hour—would have dire consequences based on new studies. One study conducted … [Read more...]