New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour
A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year, an acknowledgment from the state's Democratic leaders that most of the often overlooked workforce are the primary earners for their low-income households.
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Fast food workers and union activists demonstrate outside the California State Capitol to rally support for legislation to increase fast-food worker wages on Friday, Sept. 15, in Sacramento, Calif. On Thursday, Sept. 28, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law giving fast food workers a $20 minimum wage on April 1, 2024.ASSOCIATED PRESS
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the fast food bill surrounded buy fast food workers at the SEIU Local 721 on Thursday, Sept. 28, in Los Angeles, Calif.ASSOCIATED PRESS
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the fast food bill surrounded by fast food workers at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Sept. 28. Anneisha Williams, right, who works at a Jack in the Box restaurant in Southern California celebrates as she holds up the bill.ASSOCIATED PRESS
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the fast food bill surrounded by fast food workers at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Sept. 28. California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under a new law signed Thursday by Newsom. Anneisha Williams, right, who works at a Jack in the Box restaurant in Southern California celebrates as she holds up the billl.ASSOCIATED PRESS
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the fast food bill surrounded by fast food workers at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Sept. 28. California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under the new law signed by Newsom. Anneisha Williams, right, who works at a Jack in the Box restaurant in Southern California celebrates as she holds up the bill.ASSOCIATED PRESS
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the fast food bill surrounded by fast food workers at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Sept. 28. California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under the new law signed by Newsom.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Anneisha Williams, right, who works at a Jack in the Box restaurant in Southern California celebrates as she holds up the bill signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Sept. 28. California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under the new law signed by Newsom.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Anneisha Williams, right, who works at a Jack in the Box restaurant in Southern California celebrates as she holds up the bill signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28. California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under the new law signed by Newsom.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Anneisha Williams, right, who works at a Jack in the Box restaurant in Southern California celebrates as she holds the bill signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom at the SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 28. California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under the new law signed by Newsom.