Stephanie
Diamond Member
- Jul 11, 2004
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their dictator doesn't care how many jobs the little peons lose. his beholden the UNIONS, the mob and every other criminal element who put him in office. keep voting for the dem/commie party and keep cutting your own throat
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Organized labor, fast food workers and elected officials gather July 12, 2015, to celebrate the New York State Department of Labor wage board's recommendation for a $15 per hour minimum wage statewide by 2021. (a katz/Shutterstock.com)
More than 100 restaurant owners in the state of New York are begging Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) not to force them to pay their waiters and waitresses $15 an hour. But it’s doubtful he heard them over the roar of union workers at rallies Jan. 4 supporting Cuomo’s call for a statewide $15 an hour minimum wage.
Melissa Fleischut, president and CEO of the New York State Restaurant Association, can see the $15 an hour wage coming, but she’s hoping for a five-year moratorium for people who make their livings on tips.
She said her organization’s members would be crushed by a $15 an hour wage mandate, on top of the 50 percent increase in wages for what are known as "tipped workers" that went into effect the last day of December 2015.
The cash wage for tipped employees was raised from $5.00 to $7.50 on Dec. 31.
“The industry needs time to adjust to this dramatic increase,” Fleischut said.
She warned that if Cuomo follows the Dec. 31 raise with a mandate to double wages for tipped workers, the same people Cuomo says he wants to help are going to lose their jobs.
Fleischut said restaurant owners were already looking for ways to cut back because of the Dec. 31 wage edict, like telling customers they no longer need tip servers to replacing wait staff with tablets at every table.
“It’s hard to imagine any business giving half of their labor force a 50 percent raise overnight, but that’s the reality the hospitality industry is facing at the moment,” said Fleischut. "Any further increase will just exacerbate these problems.”
American Action Forum economists Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Ben Gitis believe job losses in New York’s restaurants could be just the beginning of a boomerang nightmare of unintended consequences.
They warned the state of New York could lose as least 200,000 jobs if a statewide $15 an hour minimum wage is imposed. Other economists warn the state could see close to 600,000 people thrown out of work.
But none of those scenarios is playing into Cuomo’s thinking.
all of it here
N.Y. Restaurant Owners Plead for Mercy as Gov. Cuomo Tightens Screws on Wages
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Organized labor, fast food workers and elected officials gather July 12, 2015, to celebrate the New York State Department of Labor wage board's recommendation for a $15 per hour minimum wage statewide by 2021. (a katz/Shutterstock.com)
More than 100 restaurant owners in the state of New York are begging Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) not to force them to pay their waiters and waitresses $15 an hour. But it’s doubtful he heard them over the roar of union workers at rallies Jan. 4 supporting Cuomo’s call for a statewide $15 an hour minimum wage.
Melissa Fleischut, president and CEO of the New York State Restaurant Association, can see the $15 an hour wage coming, but she’s hoping for a five-year moratorium for people who make their livings on tips.
She said her organization’s members would be crushed by a $15 an hour wage mandate, on top of the 50 percent increase in wages for what are known as "tipped workers" that went into effect the last day of December 2015.
The cash wage for tipped employees was raised from $5.00 to $7.50 on Dec. 31.
“The industry needs time to adjust to this dramatic increase,” Fleischut said.
She warned that if Cuomo follows the Dec. 31 raise with a mandate to double wages for tipped workers, the same people Cuomo says he wants to help are going to lose their jobs.
Fleischut said restaurant owners were already looking for ways to cut back because of the Dec. 31 wage edict, like telling customers they no longer need tip servers to replacing wait staff with tablets at every table.
“It’s hard to imagine any business giving half of their labor force a 50 percent raise overnight, but that’s the reality the hospitality industry is facing at the moment,” said Fleischut. "Any further increase will just exacerbate these problems.”
American Action Forum economists Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Ben Gitis believe job losses in New York’s restaurants could be just the beginning of a boomerang nightmare of unintended consequences.
They warned the state of New York could lose as least 200,000 jobs if a statewide $15 an hour minimum wage is imposed. Other economists warn the state could see close to 600,000 people thrown out of work.
But none of those scenarios is playing into Cuomo’s thinking.
all of it here
N.Y. Restaurant Owners Plead for Mercy as Gov. Cuomo Tightens Screws on Wages
