$20 minimum wage fast food worker compromise – Page 2

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...

California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage Law Goes Into Effect

April 1, 2024 12:12 pmApril 1, 2024 12:18 pm

California’s AB 1228 $20 fast food minimum wage law went into effect on Monday, raising the wages of fast food workers state-wide amidst fast food restaurant owners firing workers, cutting back hours, and raising prices in order to stay in...

Fast Food Restaurant Owners Brace As $20 Minimum Wage Law set To Go Into Effect Next Week

March 25, 2024 11:56 amMarch 26, 2024 11:58 am

With only a week to go before the AB 1228 $20 fast food minimum wage law comes into effect, restaurants across California continue to make last minute firings, employee hours cuts, and other measures to remain profitable and stay in...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Fast Food Council: How to Kill Another Industry

March 6, 2024 8:13 amMarch 7, 2024 6:28 am

With California Governor Gavin Newsom mired in “PaneraGate,” after he exempted a billionaire buddy from California’s new $20 minimum wage law, people are asking about this new Fast Food Council the Governor just announced. Newsom’s friend, Billionaire Greg Flynn owns...

Fast Food Franchise Owners Speak Out Against $20 Minimum Wage

February 20, 2024 2:40 amFebruary 20, 2024 2:41 am

As AB 1228’s start date to give $20 an hour to fast food employees nears, multiple franchise owners reached out to the Globe and said what the fast food landscape in California will look like in the near future. Following...

SEIU Launches New Fast Food Workers Union Weeks Before Start Of New $20 Minimum Wage Law

February 9, 2024 5:59 pmFebruary 9, 2024 5:59 pm

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) launched the new California Fast Food Workers Union on Friday, creating a labor union specifically for fast food workers less than two months before the AB 1228 $20 fast food minimum wage law comes...