California’s minimum wage — $16.50 per hour — is one of the highest nationwide. But last year lawmakers in the state boosted fast-food workers even higher: they earn $20 per hour, thanks to the change ...

In 2023, California adopted a law that raised the minimum wage to $20 per hour. It also created a Fast Food Council with the power to further increase wages by dictate every year. Twenty bucks an hour ...

It’s been two years since Gavin Newsom signed the so-called FAST Recovery Act, creating a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers. Instead of a raise, the best data shows these workers lost hours or ...

This means California has so many bureaucracies that the highly touted, fast-food board, which was crafted to appease labor unions and has already jacked up the fast-food minimum wage from $16 an hour ...