Comment on McDonald's franchisee group says new $20 minimum wage California fast-food bill will cause 'devastating financial blow'

snek@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Badass_panda@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In this case, the franchisees (small business owners) are saying the big business (McDonalds, which makes its money off of real estate and franchise fees) is going to be fine but they (the people that make money from owning a restaurant) are in trouble.

  For many of them, it’s true; they didn’t consider whether they could open this business if they had to pay a living wage. Unfortunately, that’s not our problem, but it won’t be a problem for McDonalds either.

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  • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good. I hope they go out of business and the owners have to cry themselves to sleep. I hope they have to sell everything they own before having to work a minimum wage job.

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  • snek@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Honestly sounds like something McDonald’s should be fixing still.

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    • Badass_panda@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not the way their business works… I think that franchising is an innately predatory business model and in need of severe legal reform. Let’s not ask McD to do it, let’s make them

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      • Mongostein@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Well, if this does kill franchises, it will hurt McDonald’s. They’re not making money off empty buildings.

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  • Wilibus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Won’t someone please think of the wealthy upper middle class!

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