FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Kings Canyon Unified School District students are getting hands-on experience in the food industry. When the bell rings at 9:50 a.m. for break, it's windows open at the snack ...

A boosted minimum wage for food workers first came into place in the Golden State in 2024, and was not without its detractors. Big chains have said that it is damaging their industry, leading to price ...

A report on fast-food workers shows immigrants are often too scared to report violations and are largely unaware of their rights. The California Fast Food Workers Union's latest report done in ...

Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state’s fast-food minimum wage increase into law, which meant that employees at fast-food restaurants in the state went from making $15.50 per hour ...

A study from the University of California Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment found that a California state law raised the minimum wage for fast food workers did not lead to ...

One year has passed since 400,000 California workers at fast food chains like McDonald’s and Taco Bell began earning $20 per hour — a special minimum wage that’s thrilled employees and unions but ...

Labor statistics indicate fast food companies added 11,000 jobs since California’s $20 minimum wage law took effect in April, unleashing debate about what that means–or if it’s even true. Higher menu ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) was all smiles two years ago when he signed the FAST Recovery Act, creating a $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers in his state. He called the legislation a win-win-win that ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1228 into law in September 2023, which established a Fast Food Council within California's Department of Industrial Relations and increased the ...

That win-win outcome may be difficult to believe for entrepreneurs who’ve had to pay out rising salaries since the pandemic. Yet a study by the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute for ...

A whopping 98% of California fast food restaurants hiked menu prices and nearly 90% slashed employee hours in response to the state’s new $20-an-hour minimum wage law, according to a new survey. The ...