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.

  • tigeruppercut
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    1 year ago

    To take it to an extreme - if CA raised the minimum to $100/hr would you expect a 1$ burger still?

    How about the opposite? To take it to an extreme, if CA raised the minimum to $100/hr would you expect a 100$ burger?

    There’s obviously a price that consumers won’t accept and so some of the cost of the wages need to start coming out of the pockets of people making millions.