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New Economic Study Finds California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage Caused 18,000 Job Losses

July 14, 2025 7:24 amJuly 14, 2025 7:27 am

“New data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics was released Thursday, revealing a staggering 36,565 fast food jobs have been lost since September 2023 when the $20 per hour minimum wage law, AB 1228, was signed into law,” the...

California’s $20 Wage Law Cost Restaurant Workers 7 Weeks Worth of Work

May 20, 2025 2:57 pmMay 22, 2025 6:37 am

The Employment Policies Institute just released new data showing AB 1228, California’s $20 wage law for fast food workers, cost non-tipped restaurant workers 250 hours of work annually, equating to up to 7 weeks of lost work – up to...

California Minimum Wage Madness

January 3, 2025 10:54 amJanuary 3, 2025 10:54 am

“Countries with minimum wage laws almost invariably have higher rates of unemployment than countries without minimum wage laws,” Economist Thomas Sowell explained in 2013. “As for being ‘compassionate’ toward ‘the poor,’ this assumes that there is some enduring class of...

Gov. Newsom Exposed for Gaslighting on California’s Fast Food Industry Job Loss

December 6, 2024 9:17 amDecember 6, 2024 9:17 am

Since the passage of AB 1228 in September 2023, California’s privately-owned fast food restaurants have lost -6,166 jobs. Over the same period the previous year, prior to passage of AB 1228 (September 2022 through June 2023), California gained 17,528 private...

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...

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...