California has passed legislation to create a Fast Food Council that could pave the way for a $22 minimum wage.
The council would create minimum standards for areas like health and safety, wages, and conditions.
The 10-member council would include workers, franchisees and state officials.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed off a landmark new law that could pave the way for a $22 minimum hourly wage for fast-food workers in the state.
The bill allows the creation of a 10-member Fast Food Council at the state's Department of Industrial Relations to set minimum standards for workers in the industry, ranging from wages and training to health and safety, and protection from discrimination and harassment. This would cover workers at chains including McDonald's, Starbucks, Burger King, and Subway.
"For years, the fast food sector has been rife with abuse, low pay, few benefits, and minimal job security, with California workers subject to high rates of employment violations, including wage theft, sexual harassment and discrimination, as well as heightened health and safety risks," the bill says.
"Fast food workers are the largest and fastest growing group of low-wage workers in the state and lack sector-specific protections," it continues.
The Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, which covers fast-food chains with at least 100 restaurants nationally, stipulates that the minimum wage set by the council for 2023 "shall not be greater than" $22 an hour....
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