Most of California's fast food workers are set to be paid at least $20 per hour. A new law mandating the minimum wage increase for fast food workers is scheduled to take effect on Monday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the fast food bill surrounded by fast food workers at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles on Sept. 28, 2023.Damian Dovarganes/AP "Today’s victory is just the beginning," Ingrid Vilorio, a California fast-food worker and leader in the Fight for $...
The California Fast Food Workers Union is urging the state to again raise the minimum wage for fast-food employees. According to a letter sent to the statewide Fast Food Council last month, the union is asking for a $20.70 wage starting in 2025 and a $21.40 wage in 2026. The proposed ...
The wage increase for California fast food workers is set to go into effect next week. Bianca Rae takes a look at how it could impact some of the nation's biggest chains.
California's minimum wageis already among the highest in the country at $15.50 per hour and the new fast food deal shows the continued impact fast food industry workers have on wage negotiations. "I think fast food cooks and cashiers have fundamentally changed the politics of wag...
California’s fast-food workers will now be among the highest-paid low-wage workers in the nation. The origins of this momentous victory can be traced back to a movement that began on the opposite side of the country more than a decade ago. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU)...
Fast-food pricesin California are set to rise this spring with businesses responding to the state’s $20 per hour minimum wage law for fast-food workers that will take effect on April 1, 2024. The law was signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom last fall and will...
California cooks, cashiers and baristas have been organizing, striking and fighting to better the fast-food industry for a decade. In 2016 fast-food workers made California the first state in the nation to adopt a $15/hour minimum wage. In 2023, they made history again when Governor GavinNew...
While the higher minimum wage for fast food employees most clearly has an impact on nonexempt worker wages, it also increases the exempt salary threshold for managers and other salaried employees of covered fast food restaurants. Under California law, employees classified under the “white collar”...
That is becoming increasingly clear in California, where the state started requiring fast-food chain restaurants to pay workers at least $20 per hour beginning on April 1. The result has been higher prices at those restaurants—and a corresponding drop in traffic. ...