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Fast Food Industry, Workers In Fight Over New Law

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Fast Food Protest
Fast food workers in Los Angeles protesting their industry’s efforts to use a ballot measure to stop plans to create a fast food council in the state that’s supposed to improve pay and labor conditions in the fast food industry (Photo by: Saul Gonzalez/The California Report).

Law Aimed At Helping Fast Food Workers Faces Major Opposition

In response to stories about worker abuse in the fast food industry, last year the state legislature passed, and Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law, the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act. The  FAST Act created a first of its kind 10 person independent council to improve labor conditions in the fast food industry. But it's already facing pushback from the industry, which has spent millions on a referendum for the 2024 ballot.
Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report

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