L.A. City Council committee advances fast food worker protections

Los Angeles City Council seeks $3.3 million to maintain school crossing guards

The Los Angeles City Council approved a motion on Wednesday, March 5, to seek $3.3 million to maintain the current staffing levels of crossing guards for the remainder of the 2024-25 school year. In a 14-0 vote, council members directed the city administrative officer to identify funding sources that would ensure crossing guards remain posted around hundreds of Los Angeles Unified School District sites. Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez was absen…

LA Council Committee OKs Proposal to Add Protections for Fast Food Employees

A five-member City Council committee Tuesday advanced a motion that intends to extend worker protections for fast food employees. In a 4-0 vote, the Economic Development and Jobs Committee approved the motion, which aims to provide fast food workers with more stable scheduling, paid time off, among other benefits. It would also mandate a six-hour paid training period to educate these workers on their rights. Councilman Adrin Nazarian, a member o…

L.A. City Council committee advances fast food worker protections

In a 4-0 vote, the Economic Development and Jobs Committee approved the motion, which aims to provide fast food workers with more stable scheduling, paid time off, among other benefits.

Abolish the absurd Fast Food Council

One of the more absurd creations of Sacramento in recent years is California’s Fast Food Council.

California’s fast food council after one year: A few meetings, three staff members hired

In summary The state’s fast food council has scarcely discussed any regulations other than another potential wage hike. Even then, it has agreed only to talk about the issue at another meeting. One year into California’s landmark effort to regulate conditions for more than a half-million fast food workers, the state council appointed to oversee […]

Council committee OK's added protections for fast food employees

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