Fast food workers across the state went on strike Tuesday, November 15, in a coordinated protest against corporate attempts to block AB 257, a new law that gives workers a voice in determining their wages and working conditions.
On Labor Day this year, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 257, also known as the FAST Recovery Act, which will establish a Fast Food Council to negotiate industry-wide standards for wages and working conditions. The council could set fast food workers’ minimum wage as high as $22 in the first year, with small annual increases after that. The California legislature could pass laws modifying or rejecting the standards put forth by the council, but if the legislature does not intervene, those standards become state law.
The council will consist of two fast food workers, two labor advocates, two franchisors, two franchisees, and one representative each from the Department of Industrial Relations and the Office of Business and Economic Development.
Corporations successfully lobbied to remove a section of AB 257 that would have extended joint liability, meaning that large corporations would have faced accountability for the actions of their franchises.
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