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.

  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
    11·
    9 months ago

    Food here is no higher than the rest of the country We produce a ton of food. Housing and gasoline are the real expenses.

    • Xanthrax@lemmy.world
      51·
      9 months ago

      You’re right, but I know for a fact I could pick up groceries in Yuma (AZ) for a fraction of the cost in CA, because I do.

      • tech@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 months ago

        If you’re driving over to get groceries from Yuma, then you gotta be living in the middle of the desert.

        • Xanthrax@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          It’s all desert or chaparral. Doesn’t make it cheaper. It just gets more expensive as you get to the coast. We’re talking about Socal right? I live in semi well populated city, more on the chaparral side.