When it takes effect on April 1, fast food workers in the state will have among the highest minimum wages in the country.

California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under a new law signed Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

When it takes effect on April 1, fast food workers in the state will have among the highest minimum wages in the country, according to data compiled by the University of California-Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. The state’s minimum wage for all other workers is at $15.50 per hour and is already among the highest in the nation.

Newsom’s signature on Thursday 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.

  • curiousPJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    1 year ago

    Gig workers gimped themselves voting to remain as contractors in prop 22. And now there’s that stupid 80%(?) majority rule to make amendments.

    • hayes_@sh.itjust.works
      24·
      1 year ago

      In those workers’ defense, the delivery companies spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a disinformation campaign to trick the public into thinking that voting for 22 was in their own interest.

      It’s absurd that it was on the ballot in the first place.

      • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
        12·
        1 year ago

        Yep, I remember riding in Ubers and conversing with the drivers about it at the time. A lot of their responses were to the effect of “well Uber told us X on a notification on my phone.” And I would ask them do you really think Uber has your best interest in mind? I hope I actually woke a few of them up, but most did little to no research, and were actively telling people to vote for it.

      • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        In those workers’ defense, the delivery companies spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a disinformation campaign to trick the public into thinking that voting for 22 was in their own interest.

        Probably the single easiest proof that the companies see the proposed changes as a threat to their bottom line. They’re not spending that much money for their workers, they believe it’ll cost less to sway opinion than it would to change policy. That people still buy into the bs is really disheartening.