I’m going to go out on a limb here, and say that the CEO of McDonald’s is aware of that.
The rationale here is that if they get minimum wage increasesed, they can raise their workers wages without the reality or perception that they’re ceding a fiduciary advantage to their competitors.
It’s a reality that needs to be addressed. Some major corp had to eventually acknowledge it. Everyone knew it, nobody wanted to be the first to say it.
The first step is admitting there is a problem. The gravity of even this first step, and the fact that it’s from Trump’s fucking gold standard for food and American business, is massive.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
Paying an employee minimum wages just means you’d pay them less if it was legal.
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Yup. The bare minimum because the law says you must.
These fuckers would all keep slaves if it wasn’t illegal. It’s not the ethical and moral disgrace of slave owning that stops them, but the legal aspect of it.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
so? that’s why laws exist, right?
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 day ago
it is indicating the employers attitude towards their workers