the Los Angeles city council is nuts

[Rawley]

Go figure this one.

$30 minimum wage for hotels over 60 rooms and anyone doing business with the airport.

$17.85 for everyone else.

L.A. Votes For $30 Wages At Hotels And LAX—$17 Next Door. The Fallout Has Already Started - View from the Wing

The Los Angeles City Council passed legislation requiring “hotels with more than 60 rooms, as well as companies doing business at Los Angeles International Airport, to pay their workers $30 per hour by 2028” plus “hotels and airport businesses would be required to provide $8.35 per hour for...

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Can anyone figure this out?

Paying off their financial supporters - unions.

 

[initforme]

Paying off their financial supporters - unions.

Well we cant have people making $30 per hour right? How horrific is that? Unfathomable. Lmao

 

[Rawley]

Well we cant have people making $30 per hour right? How horrific is that? Unfathomable. Lmao

Your attempt at sarcasm sucks. Try harder.

 

[initforme]

Your attempt at sarcasm sucks. Try harder.

What's the big issue with a few workers getting a raise? Why is that such an awful thing?

 

[Rawley]

What's the big issue with a few workers getting a raise? Why is that such an awful thing?

The question was why these specific workers.

 

[Failzero]

The question was why these specific workers.

And not Firemen or Cops ?

 

[Rawley]

And not Firemen or Cops ?

They are already directly (under)paid by the City/County. This is the City Council telling private employers what they must pay their workers.