CBS Discovers That Mandatory Wage Hikes Can Kill Jobs

Kyle Drennen | April 21, 2015
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

Introducing a report on Tuesday's CBS This Morning that examined the negative impact of forcing a wage hike on small businesses, co-host Norah O'Donnell declared: "A theater drama is playing out this morning in Los Angeles. The country's largest stage actors union votes on a plan forcing tiny theaters to pay everyone the minimum wage....many performers say getting a raise will do them more harm than good."

Correspondent John Blackstone explained that "Actors' Equity, the union that represents some 6,500 stage performers in L.A." was "pushing for its members to be paid California's minimum wage, $9 an hour." He then noted the controversy: "But many actors say they don't want the money. They fear getting paid will mean curtains for many of L.A.'s small theaters."

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