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.

  • twopi
    19·
    1 year ago

    Then never in your life go to a fast food joint at 10 am on a Tuesday.

    In terms of pure dollar amount, it should by adjusted by PPP. It should be a wage to live off of. I’m in engineering, a few years into my career, I am well paid but I should be paid more, relative to CoL. I should be doing very well even if I have a family not doing well because I don’t have one.

    • canthidium@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      That’s the thing people always miss. It’s not that the fast food workers getting $20 is high, it’s that every profession should be getting paid more. Wages across the board are stagnant.

      • whofearsthenight@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        …unless you’re a CEO. Wages, especially minimum, have been stagnant to declining for decades, meanwhile CEO and c-level pay is up like 900x. Whatever this raise costs in aggregate, I will nearly guarantee you can probably look to increase in compensation package for like 10 people in CA at most who are getting the same amount next year.

          • whofearsthenight@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            oh yeah, that’s not a clapback, just furthering your point that if you think the problem is the guy who still probably can barely pay their rent, you’re woefully ignorant.