▲ 904 ▼ Pizza Hut franchises in California lay off all delivery drivers ahead of $20 minimum wage increase (www.sfchronicle.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 342 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kromem@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) They aren't the same people. Franchise owners are doing this, not the centralized brand they are franchising from. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 10 points 2 years ago The franchise owners are still extracting wealth from the restaurant owners. That 1.2 billion came from somewhere, it didn't just poof into existence. That's 1.2 billion that should have gone to the workers instead of the rich shareholders who own the company. As a whole, as an entire organization they are greedy fucks and it shows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 10 points 2 years ago The franchise owners are still extracting wealth from the restaurant owners. That 1.2 billion came from somewhere, it didn't just poof into existence. That's 1.2 billion that should have gone to the workers instead of the rich shareholders who own the company. As a whole, as an entire organization they are greedy fucks and it shows. permalink fedilink source parent