Month: September 2023

Labor California’s fast-food workers win fight for $20 hourly pay and industry council The Guardian 9/28 In the face of recent intense pressures on fast-food

Labor Local Operators Say California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage Could Bring Restaurant Closures GV Wire 9/26 Local fast food operators say a new $20

Labor After hot labor summer, will Gavin Newsom sign bill giving unemployment benefits to striking workers? CalMatters 9/25 The weekend. The eight-hour workday. Paid family

Labor Econometer: Should the minimum wage for fast food workers be raised? San Diego Union-Tribune 9/22 Most of California’s estimated 500,000 fast-food workers would get

Labor Dine Brands’ new parental leave policy was employees’ idea Restaurant Business 9/21 Last week, Applebee’s and IHOP parent Dine Brands announced a new policy

Labor Compromise will boost fast food costs Daily Bulletin 9/20 Get ready for your favorite burgers and tacos to cost more. A compromise reached between

Labor California’s Big Labor Blowout WSJ 9/19 Former California Gov. Jerry Brown provided a small restraint on Big Labor’s power in Sacramento, but Gov. Gavin

Labor Few California workers belong to unions, but they scored big in Legislature this year CalMatters 9/19 When Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher resigned from the Legislature

Labor Compromise settles dispute over status of franchises in fast food industry CalMatters 9/18 In some ways, the most interesting — and perhaps most significant

Labor A fight between fast-food chains and unions in California is over, for now – what to know CNBC 9/15 Fast-food workers in California are