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Kamaji:
New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour, will be highest in industry

By Associated Press
Published Sep. 28, 2023

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year, an acknowledgment from the state’s Democratic leaders that most of the often overlooked workforce are the primary earners for their low-income households.

When it takes effect on April 1, fast food workers in California will have the highest guaranteed base salary in the industry.

The state’s minimum wage for all other workers — $15.50 per hour — is already among the highest in the United States.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the law Thursday amid a throng of cheering workers and labor leaders at an event in Los Angeles. Newsom dismissed the popular view that fast food jobs are meant for teenagers to have their first experience in the workforce.

“That’s a romanticized version of a world that doesn’t exist,” Newsom said. “We have the opportunity to reward that contribution, reward that sacrifice and stabilize an industry.”

Newsom’s signature reflects the power and influence of labor unions in the nation’s most populous state, which have worked to organize fast food workers in an attempt to improve their wages and working conditions.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/09/28/new-california-law-raises-minimum-wage-for-fast-food-workers-to-20-per-hour-will-be-highest-in-industry/

Kamaji:
Headline should actually read:  "New California law puts mostraises minimum wage for fast food workers out of workto $20 per hour"

andy58-in-nh:

Can you say "automation"? I knew you could!

PeteS in CA:

--- Quote from: andy58-in-nh on September 29, 2023, 08:14:01 am ---...
Can you say "automation"? I knew you could!

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The second or third generation of fast-food robots are probably already in production, the earlier generation having already been proven out and improved on due to previous arbitrary gooberment minimum wage boosts.

mountaineer:
Unemployment and/or restaurant closures to follow.

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