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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Jun-2023 16:34:40 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

   • Ji Fu
   @fu I can see it if the local rates cannot be lower than the statewide range. At one point, CA hadn't raised its wage in years. In CA, charter cities and towns have more powers than general law cities and towns, so several charter cities raised their minimums. In one case I remember, a shopping mall was partly in a city with a higher minimum wage.
   
   The stores in the other half were understaffed, as anyone who could get hired at the higher wage side left the lower wage side.
   
   This was years ago, so I can't find the link now.
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 22:05:53 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

     • Ji Fu
     @fu I am glad to see this. Back when I was in business classes, one of my instructors said pretty clearly: Your employees are the thing that helps you make money, so don't be cheap toward them. If they have a choice, they'll go to a competitor paying a nickel more per hour and take their skills, training, and knowledge of the company's secret sauce with them.
     
     California did eventually raise its minimum wage, and I assume that most retail and foodservice workers are getting that amount or slightly more. I still see some people working in local food places who were working there when I was there ... and I know that housing prices have increased by a crazy amount since then, so I don't know how they survive.