Why Robots Could Soon Replace Fast Food Workers Demanding a Higher Minimum Wage Lyrics

"Why Robots Could Soon Replace Fast Food Workers Demanding a Higher Minimum Wage"

Newly developed robotic chef from Japan’s MOTOMAN prepares a dish.

Today’s union-organized protests against fast food restaurants aren’t a battle against management—they’re a battle against technology.

Faced with a $15 wage mandate, restaurants have to reduce the cost of service in order to maintain the low prices customers demand.

That means fewer entry-level jobs and more automated alternatives —even in the kitchen.

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In response to a strike and open letter to fast food restaurants on minimum wage and the state of millions of jobs, a firm representing the fast food industry took out a full page ad in the Wall Street Journal. Threatening that higher wages would promise a movement of “robot” labor, the ad sought to defeat the strikes.

Via WSJ.

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