Commentary: How robots making your burger and fries can lead to greater income inequality
by Brian Justie, Los Angeles Times
May 02, 2024
3 minutes
On April 1, more than half a million fast-food workers in California got a raise, with minimum wage across the sector bumped up to $20 per hour. That same week, the self-proclaimed “world’s first fully autonomous restaurant” opened its doors for business in Pasadena.
These two stories have received considerable , typically presented as fundamentally linked: Fast-food franchise owners are struggling to stay afloat amid rising labor costs, leading many to consider automation as the only viable solution. But this simple depiction of cause and effect paints
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