'A Watershed Moment': CA Senate Passes Historic Bill to Empower Fast Food Workers

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If Gov. Gavin Newsom signs it, MaryKayHenry of SEIU said the measure 'will be the most important piece of labor law to pass in decades.'

of"fast food restaurant" is"so broad that it will encapsulate far more than what we think of as traditional fast food establishments and is vague in differentiating between to-go service, counter service, and traditional sit-down restaurants.", corporate lobbying succeeded in weakening some aspects of the historic legislation:

Another reduces the size of the governing council and the number of seats allocated to state regulators, originally seven of 13 spots. The revised 10-person council includes four seats held by fast-food franchiser and franchisee representatives and four seats held by fast-food worker representatives and advocates...

"Under U.S. law, most workers have the right on paper to unionize and collectively bargain with their boss if a majority of their co-workers are on board.

 

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