The first-of-its-kind measure promises to give more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protection.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a nation-leading measure that promises to give more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections.The new law will create a new 10-member Fast Food Council with equal numbers of workers’ delegates and employers’ representatives, along with two state officials, empowered to set minimum standards for wages, hours and working conditions in California.
Last week, the bill got full approval from legislators in Sacramento. A labor movement fighting for union status among fast food workers hailed the signature Monday. “It’s innovative, it’s bringing industry and workers together at the table,” said Democratic Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, who carried the bill in the Senate. She called it a “very, very well-balanced method of addressing both the employers, the franchisees, as well as the workers.”
Restaurant owners and franchisers cited an analysis they commissioned by the UC Riverside Center for Economic Forecast and Development saying that the legislation would increase consumers’ costs. Newsom’s administration also feared the measure would create “a fragmented regulatory and legal environment.”
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