"California Fast-Food Workers Establish Groundbreaking Statewide Union"
TL;DR
Fast-food workers in California are forming a new union, affiliated with the Service Employees International Union, to advocate for improved pay and working conditions. The union aims to represent workers at major chains like McDonald’s and Subway, with priorities including raising the minimum wage, protecting workers from unjust firing, and ensuring adequate scheduling. The union faces challenges in growing its ranks, but has already secured a minimum wage increase to $20 an hour for some 500,000 fast-food workers in the state.
Topics:businesslabor-and-employment#california#fast-food-workers#labor-and-employment#minimum-wage#seiu#union
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- California fast food workers form statewide union KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
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