SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA– Within a crowd of cheering people, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law in California that will raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20,000 per hour, the highest in the nation.
Originally fast food employees were on strike asking that their wages be increased to only $20, but Governor Newsom felt that amount was not enough and at the last minute decided to raise the worker’s pay a little bit higher.
“Why raise the minimum wage to only $20 an hour when you can raise it to $20,000?” Newsom asked as the shocked workers and labor leaders began crying and fainting. “Consider this an early Christmas gift and, no, I didn’t sign this new law just because I may possibly, kind of be running for president. Trust me, I’m trying to buy your votes, I mean, not buying your votes.”
Even though Newsom’s new $20,000 per hour minimum wage increase was met with mostly positive reviews, some fast food workers said that it still wasn’t enough money and are calling on the governor to raise fast food worker minimum wage to at least $50,000 per hour.
“Getting only $20,000 an hour is a damn insult,” said burger flipping employee Shonda Jackson. “How am I supposed to live on that? Anything under $50,000 is racist, and we’re gonna riot until this racist governor gives in to our demands.”
After Newsom signed the minimum wage increase into law, fast food companies across the state informed their customers that there will be a slight increase in food prices with a hamburger starting at the low cost of only $1,500.
