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- from http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...s-wage-increases-squeeze-fast-food-companies/Wendy’s fast food restaurant chain says it will begin offering self-serve kiosks at its 6,000-plus locations across America, making them available to costumers by the end of 2016.
The fast food giant’s decision to move toward automation comes just as “Fight for $15”–a progressive protest movement, pushing minimum wage hikes–is applying pressure on state governments to raise wages for low-skilled fast food workers.
Last August, Wendy’s CFO Todd Penegor told investors that mandated wage hikes will cause his company to pursue other innovative avenues that could lead to fewer jobs for low-skill workers.
This is on the heels of a similar announcement by McDonalds. I'm sure plenty more will follow. Just another example of liberal policies exacerbating the very problem they claim to be fixing. Gee, who benefits from more people on the dole?