New law raises fast-food staff pay. What you need to know
Deal between unions, restaurants, governor avoids a costly fight over a ballot measure. By Taryn Luna for the LA Times.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law a sweeping deal his office helped forge between fast-food companies and unions that will give workers in the industry a pay increase next year.
The legislation represent a rare peace agreement, hammered out in negotiations over the summer, that allows businesses and unions to avoid a costly statewide ballot measure fight over wages.