When California’s fast food minimum wage rose last April from $16 to $20 per hour, industry trade groups and lobbyists warned that the increase would cost jobs, send fast food prices skyrocketing and depress the business overall. An industry-hired consultant’s interpretation of certain data recently agreed that’s what happened.
The group’s conclusions, though, are directly contradicted by multiple other studies, including one released this week by the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE).
