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Alina Selyukh

Half a million California workers will get $20 minimum wage, starting today

Fast-food workers rally for health and safety protections near a McDonald's in Los Angeles, in 2021. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Some half a million workers in California are getting a big bump up in pay.

The state's minimum wage for fast-food employees jumps to $20 an hour on Monday, giving many a raise of 25% from just last week. The law affects some of the biggest restaurant chains — McDonald's, Pizza Hut, KFC, Subway, Starbucks — and local franchisees have raised alarms about the increase in labor costs.

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