California could have looked in its own backyard to see the negative consequences of increasing the minimum wage. | Rebekah Paxton trib.al/PS1IWVP

ICYMI: EPI's research director, Rebekah Paxton, slams an elitist 'A $19 Big Mac meal is a good thing' opinion piece in the The Boston Globe. Read it here: bostonglobe.com/2024/05/17/opi…

For the O.C. Register : As California convenes its fast food industry council next week, council representatives must acknowledge the crisis the $20 wage is creating: California is now down over 6,300 fast food jobs since January. ocregister.com/2024/07/25/cal…

Restaurants and their staff are dealing with the impacts of such a misguided law, while Governor Gavin Newsom runs around tweeting its success. 60% of operators want to move out, per Employment Policies Institute survey.

This is the second 2024 failure for One Fair Wage, with millions of donor dollars wasted on two initiatives (AZ and OH) that won't qualify for the fall ballot. talmon joseph smith, time to revisit the soft-focus NYT reporting on this group?

EPI's Rebekah Paxton serves up the truth about the history of #California fast food job losses under Governor Gavin Newsom 's $20 minimum wage 👉

California is down nearly 3,000 fast food jobs since January. "Governor Gavin Newsom Newsom is stretching the truth to obscure that his fast food minimum wage hike has been a disaster." Rebekah Paxton of Employment Policies Institute noted in this piece by the California Globe. Check out the data below:

According to this new study by Employment Policies Institute with David Neumark : Tipped minimum wage hikes have not increased total weekly earnings for women or minority tipped employees.

The ironic thing is that this *is* misinformation

Rebekah Paxton responds to Gov. Newsom on the $20 wage law: "[His] ‘What’s good for workers is good for business’ catchphrase is wrong on both accounts–he only needs to talk to laid off employees and priced-out residents to see the truth." Read more here: californiaglobe.com/fl/over-5400-c…

Thank you Massachusetts voters! You saw through the lies One Fair Wage and listened to tipped workers. The restaurant industry can continue to thrive in Mass, such great news.

Unless you make it your religion, politics is always transactional.

Turns out the group claiming to stand for workers still doesn't speak for them -- MA employees turned out in droves to oppose #OneFlatWage tip credit elimination.

For the first time in the history of the Golden State, voters in California REJECTED a statewide minimum wage. #Proposition32 would have been the highest state-level minimum wage in the country at $18/hr. Read the AP News piece here: apnews.com/article/califo…

Classic One Fair Wage, & classic Saru Jayaraman. When faced with a huge Dem Majority in the CO GA, who are supporting workers, and supporting #HB1208, they call the efforts “jihad” as a Hail Mary scare tactic. Disgusting. Truth is, we Dems are just seeing through OFW’s lies.

.Rebekah Paxton finds Chicago's #OneFairWage ordinance has slashed over 5,000 jobs for tipped restaurant workers -- and #Illinois workers don't want it statewide. chicagobusiness.com/elevate/hiking…