Service Employees International Union

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...

OSHA’s Plus One? A Union Rep

February 14, 2024 4:06 pmFebruary 14, 2024 4:06 pm

There is something the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does called a walkaround. Typically, this has involved an employee calling OSHA, saying there was a problem at work, and OSHA sending someone to inspect. The employer could have someone...

EXCLUSIVE: SEIU Called Out for Mistreating Own Employees

November 8, 2023 3:29 pmNovember 9, 2023 6:19 am

One of the most powerful unions in the state appears to have a history of not treating its own employees very well. And in one case, possibly even leading to a death. From the state teachers spending $40,000 a day...

Fast Food CEOs Warn Of Dire Consequences Coming over New $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage

October 31, 2023 11:55 amOctober 31, 2023 6:47 pm

A new $20 an hour fast food minimum wage law currently set to begin in April 2024 was blasted by several fast food company leaders in the last few days, who warned of huge consequences ahead, ranging from higher prices...