California fast-food workers launch new union: ‘They have to listen to us’

Move builds on victory in late 2023 to boost pay of more than half a million workers in sector to $20 an hour

Hundreds of fast-food workers met in Los Angeles on Friday to kick off the launch of the California Fast Food Workers Union, a statewide union aimed at organizing cooks and cashiers at fast-food companies across the state.

The new union comes in the wake of a victory at the end of 2023 to boost pay for California's more than 500,000-strong fast-food workforce to $20 an hour.