The legislative entity created to regulate the state's limited-service restaurant chains has been leaderless for seven months ...

Fast food workers in California are asking for another minimum wage hike just months after the Golden State bumped their pay from $16 to $20 an hour. The California Fast Food Workers Union — a branch ...

California's first-in-the-nation Fast Food Council, which was created to bargain the working conditions and wages for fast ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Kings Canyon Unified School District students are getting hands-on experience in the food industry. When the bell rings at 9:50 a.m. for break, it's windows open at the snack ...

A boosted minimum wage for food workers first came into place in the Golden State in 2024, and was not without its detractors. Big chains have said that it is damaging their industry, leading to price ...

Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state’s fast-food minimum wage increase into law, which meant that employees at fast-food restaurants in the state went from making $15.50 per hour ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1228 into law in September 2023, which established a Fast Food Council within California's Department of Industrial Relations and increased the ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) was all smiles two years ago when he signed the FAST Recovery Act, creating a $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers in his state. He called the legislation a win-win-win that ...

President Donald Trump said California Gov. Gavin Newsom is "laying siege on the minimum wage," likely referring to the state's $20 pay floor for fast-food workers. However, research shows that the ...

The season’s most dangerous heat wave has arrived in Southern California, and yet many workplaces are not prepared. So says a new report by job safety advocacy nonprofit Worksafe that surveyed about ...

Labor statistics indicate fast food companies added 11,000 jobs since California’s $20 minimum wage law took effect in April, unleashing debate about what that means–or if it’s even true. Higher menu ...

That win-win outcome may be difficult to believe for entrepreneurs who’ve had to pay out rising salaries since the pandemic. Yet a study by the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute for ...