Well of course, he will just steal most of the money back anyways.

I'm pretty sure Subway is still profitable in Ontario, for instance, where the minimum wage is 10.25 and headed to 11 later this year.....

Like every other fast food chain Subway is going to replace their oder takers with self-checkout and possibly even make much of the sandwich making itself either automated or do-it-your-self with pay as you go ingredient dispensers.

The drive to automation has been in the works long before the minimum wage raise proposals.

Unfortunately increasing worker compensation is likely to be a very brief experiment in fast food service.

If he really believes that "minimum-wage workers deserve to make more", maybe he should "pay minimum wage workers more than minimum wage".

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He won't do it until he's forced to. That's the way it works.

Exactly what Hamoumatoi @1 said. He's PR aware, so of course he'll say the right thing to the cameras... then fuck over his workers with hidden charges or whatever later, when no one is looking. Like he's been doing all along.

Sociopath who tortures millions of animals to death a year to sell their corpses as food says what?

I do stockroom work for a fairly large company; I was hired at $8.50 an hour, which is slightly above Illinois minimum wage. They recently raised the minimum wage for their workers in urbanized areas to $10.00 to account for the rising costs of living. (My manager was skeptical that corporate would give us that boost, but was pleasantly surprised when they did so--and they didn't expect him to cut hours to make up for it.) I doubt the higher-ups at my employer would go for a $15.00 minimum wage (they do have a location in Seattle), but my guess is they'd be on-board with a $10.10 minimum wage.

Businesses like Subway make money by cutting their margins razor thin and dealing in volume. When the minimum wage rises it goes up for everyone so the basic equation doesn't change.

If we want better food and better wages from companies like Subway the demands have to come from the government or will never stick.

A higher minimum wage can be a boon to fast food companies. Low wage workers are more likely to spend money eating out there rather than other more expensive places. It's why a lot of higher end labor intensive restaurants are so against a higher minimum. They'll have to raise prices for higher costs without an increase in business.

The fast food chain with the most outlets is 7-11, not Subway