Coming to a Fast Food Restaurant Near You: Machines That Won’t Be Paying SEIU Dues
8th December 2013
Read it.
Go ahead, double that minimum wage — and watch the jobs evaporate.
Not withstanding the fact that the fast-food industry has been traditionally populated by workers who are largely unskilled and, therefore, easily susceptible to being replaced, the SEIU and its cohorts believe that this is the future for today’s unions.
On the other hand, however, as has happened in other industries that have become heavily unionized (see esp. manufacturing), what seems more likely is that the consequences of the SEIU’s push for unionization and higher wages will lead to a faster and more efficient automated workforce of machines and, quite possibly, a better experience for the consumer.
Markets work, even when you don’t want them to.