$20 minimum wage fast food worker compromise

New Federal Report: California Has Lost Well Over 6,000 Fast Food Jobs Since Sept. 2023

December 5, 2024 12:40 pmDecember 5, 2024 12:41 pm

New quarterly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released on Thursday found that California has lost 6,166 total fast food jobs since the AB 1228 fast food minimum wage law went into effect in April, confirming once again...

Gavin Newsom is Attempting to Play on a Stage Well Above His Pay Grade

November 12, 2024 3:00 amNovember 12, 2024 3:01 am

On the heels of Democrats’ huge presidential loss last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom doubled down on stupid. He doubled down on arrogance, on smug bravado, on foolishness, on indiscrete loony ideas and policies. Perhaps before Newsom gets too full...

Globe Investigates Fast Food Franchise Owners’s Difficulties Post $20 Minimum Wage Law

August 23, 2024 2:45 amAugust 23, 2024 2:46 am

The fast food minimum wage battle has raged on in California all year. To give a quick recap: Following the signing of AB 1228 in October 2023 by Governor Gavin Newsom, the new $20 minimum wage for fast food employees, a...

SEIU Fast Food Labor Union Sends Demands Another Minimum Wage Increase

August 1, 2024 4:10 pmAugust 1, 2024 4:10 pm

The California Fast Food Workers Union, a Service Employees International Union (SEIU) affiliate, announced on Thursday that they already want a raise for fast food workers in California at the end of the year, proposing a raise from the new...

Rubio’s Coastal Grill Becomes Latest Victim Of CA $20 Minimum Wage Law

June 5, 2024 2:45 amJune 5, 2024 2:46 am

Rubio’s Coastal Grill, a Carlsbad-based Mexican food restaurant chain with over 200 stores nationwide, announced that 48 stores in California would close over the weekend because of a large number of rising costs, including employee wages. Following the signing of AB...

Assembly Frat Office and Fundraising Party Scheme

April 3, 2024 2:45 amApril 3, 2024 6:57 am

It seems that every few years in the California Legislature, a group of legislative “frat boys” find themselves in hot water. It’s not unique to California – who can possibly erase the imprinted images of U.S. Senators Ted Kennedy and...

California Press Releases, An April Fool’s Paradise

April 2, 2024 6:38 am

Each year on April 1st, also known as April Fools Day, I try to write a piece of satire to showcase some of the absurdities encountered in agricultural irrigation in California. I generally start the piece early in the year...