The Los Angeles City Council voted today to look into how it could expand rights on the job for fast food workers and establish a "Know Your Rights" training program for the industry. What does that ...

As fast food workers across California push for higher wages and more protections, Santa Clara County is looking to create a know-your-rights training program for such employees — much to the ...

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At first glance, a $20 minimum wage sounds like progress. Higher pay, better living standards, fewer workers struggling to ...

California's controversial $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers has resulted in significant job losses according to newly revised employment data, contradicting earlier studies that claimed minimal ...

Across the country, raising the minimum wage continues to be a topic of conversation. Some claim that raising the minimum wage to $20 would help both low-income employees as well as employers. Though ...

Edgar Recinos no longer has to choose between paying rent and buying groceries. As a cook at a Wingstop restaurant in Los Angeles, Recinos got a significant wage bump last year — one of half a million ...

In 2023, California adopted a law that raised the minimum wage to $20 per hour. It also created a Fast Food Council with the power to further increase wages by dictate every year. Twenty bucks an hour ...

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