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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...

California’s Unions Are Misusing Their Power

September 20, 2022 2:54 amSeptember 20, 2022 7:34 am

If you go to the “what we do” page of the California Labor Federation, the lead paragraph starts with this sentence: “The California Labor Federation is dedicated to promoting and defending the interests of working people and their families for...

Governor Newsom Signed AB 257 – What Is the Fast Food Council?

September 6, 2022 6:21 amSeptember 6, 2022 6:26 am

On September 5, Labor Day, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 257. AB 257 is jointly authored by Assembly Members Chris Holden, Wendy Carrillo, Evan Low, and Luz Rivas. The bill also has eight co-authors from the two houses. AB...

Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation to Unionize CA’s 556,000 Fast Food Workers

September 5, 2022 10:01 amSeptember 6, 2022 8:05 am

Governor Gavin Newsom and the state’s legislative Democrats just gave a whopper of a gift to the SEIU labor union – Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed Assembly Bill 257 by Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-Los Angeles), to unionize the state’s 556,000 fast-food...

CA Legislature Passes Bill to Unionize Fast Food Workers

August 30, 2022 7:04 amAugust 31, 2022 8:28 am

California is gearing up to become the first state in the country to unionize fast food employees by creating a new Fast Food Council within the Department of Industrial Relations to set minimum health, safety and employment standards across the...

California Lawmakers Vote for Union to Set Wages and Hours in Fast-Food Restaurants

August 17, 2022 8:06 am

California is bleeding businesses to lower tax, lower regulatory, more business-friendly states. Yet the SEIU is pushing a bill to create a “fast food council” responsible for setting wages, working hours and other health and safety standards for the entire...