As the city of Seattle, Washington, hiked minimum wages to $20.76 per hour on New Year’s Day, some businesses had to close their doors, including one restaurant whose owner somehow still supports the new law.
The increased minimum wage took effect on the first day of 2025, scrapping the previous rule saying businesses could pay workers $17.25 per hour as long as they also made at least $2.72 per hour in tips or medical benefits, according to a report from KCPQ-TV.
The outlet interviewed Corina Luckenbach, who ran the Bebop Waffle Shop but was forced to shutter the business permanently because of the new measure.
“This is financially just not going to make sense anymore,” she described to the outlet. “Because, just for me, the increase would cost me $32,000 more dollars a year.”
A lengthy post on the Bebop Waffle Shop Instagram page offered similar reflections, but also the strange admission that Luckenbach still supports the very law which put her out of business. […]
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