California fast-food workers close to winning historic protections
by Guardian staff and agency from US news | The Guardian on (#632KG)
New fast-food council would have power to set standards for wages and working conditions for half a million employees
California lawmakers approved a nation-leading measure that would give more than half a million fast-food workers more power and protections, over the objections of restaurant owners who warn it would drive up consumers' costs.
The bill will create a new 10-member Fast Food Council with equal numbers of workers' delegates and employers' representatives, along with two state officials, empowered to set minimum standards for wages, hours and working conditions in California.
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