National Restaurant Association previously opposed AB-257
The 2024 election is still over a year away, but one workers’ union is calling on Californians to vote to support the rights of food-service workers in the state.
“It’s time for us to stand up to corporate power,” said Tia Orr, executive director of California’s Service Employees International Union (SEIU), in a Civil Eats report.
“We won’t be deceived into believing something is hurtful to workers when it actually is beneficial to workers.”
Orr is sounding off against claims that Assembly Bill 257 – the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (aka the “FAST Recovery Act”) – will bring more harm than good.
The National Restaurant Association previously opposed the FAST Recovery Act, saying: “The bill only creates walls and hurdles for both restaurant owners and workers when there are strict regulations already in place.” The higher wage mandate alone, said the group, could “raise costs for California quick service restaurants by $3 billion.”
AB-257 was supposed to take effect in January. The legislation is supposed to enact specific workplace rules and standards for fast-food companies with 100 or more restaurant locations nationwide. It authorizes the creation of the Fast Food Council, comprised of representatives from labor and management to set minimum standards for wages, conditions related to health and safety, security in the workplace, the right to take time off from work for protected purposes...
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