California Fast Food Workers to Benefit from $20 Minimum Wage Increase
California Fast Food Workers to Receive New $20 Minimum Wage Starting Monday
Most fast food workers in California will be paid at least $20 an hour beginning Monday when a new law is scheduled to kick in giving more financial security to an historically low-paying profession while threatening to raise prices in a state already known for its high cost of living.
Democrats in the state Legislature passed the law last year in part as an acknowledgment that many of the more than 500,000 people who work in fast food restaurants are not teenagers earning some spending money, but adults working to support their families. Fast food was her full-time job until last year.
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