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On May 20, 2020, an activist in Midtown stands inside a Starbucks during the Coronavirus epidemic in New York City.
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Starbucks is raising hourly wages for its industrialists as the restaurant industry rakes in for a higher minimum wage when President-elect Joe Biden assumes office.
Beginning December 14, baristas, shift supervisors and café attendants will receive a salary increase of at least 10% upon hiring before Sept 24, according to an internal memo received by CNBC. Employees working in a company-run location will receive at least 11% growth. And starting wages will increase 5% to help café managers find more employees.
The coffee chain is known for giving its workers more generous benefits and pay than other retailers and national restaurant chains. It already pays above the minimum wage.
Business Insider first reported the memo written by Rosan Williams, president of the company-operated Starbucks locations in the US and Canada. Williams wrote the memo on November 2, the day before the presidential election.
In March, Starbucks was among the companies that paid their employees as CoastID-19, as cafes reopened in their home market in the US, but this phased out profits.
Voters express support for higher minimum wages as salary increases. Federal salaries have been at $ 9.25 per hour for more than a decade, and the restaurant industry is expecting an increase during Biden’s tenure as president.
But states and cities are being more active. Recently, Florida voted to increase its pay floor over the next six years until it reached $ 15 per hour. It is the eighth state to approve a $ 15-hour minimum wage and the second most populous state to do so.