A new California bill could impact the wages of more than half a million fast food workers. On Labor Day 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he had signed the FAST Recovery Act (AB ...

Governor Newsom signed the FAST Recovery Act, or FAST Act, into law on Sept. 5, in an effort to improve wages, training and health and safety conditions for fast food workers in the state. Going into ...

Fast-food employees are sick of what they describe as unfair treatment in their work environments. ... Under the FAST Recovery Act, franchisees get a seat at the table too.

The act — formally the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, or AB 257 — creates an appointed council that could set wage and other workplace conditions for fast-food workers.

The FAST Recovery Act could raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $22 an hour next year. An industry trade group says the bill could raise costs for fast food restaurants by $3 billion.

The FAST Recovery Act was pushed hard by the Service Employees International Union, which is also behind the Fight for $15 movement to raise the minimum wage at the state level.

Fast-food companies pull referendum, agree to $20 minimum wage The move, pending approval of AB 1228, will give employees a statewide wage floor of $20 hourly ...

The state’s FAST Recovery Act, which passed in 2022 and was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, was blocked. It’ll now go to a vote during the 2024 election.