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Fast-Food Workers Rally Behind Know-Your-Rights Initiative

Workers push for mandatory training in L.A. and San Jose, where they meet industry resistance.

Capital & Main · Jun 28, 2024

California voters will decide on a referendum to repeal a law governing fast-food working conditions in 2024

On Jan. 24, the California secretary of state announced that a veto referendum filed to repeal Assembly Bill 257 (AB 257) had qualified for the November 2024 ballot. 

Ballotpedia · Jan 26, 2023

Californians to vote on overturning a new law that could raise fast-food worker wages

A California law seeking to increase wages and improve working conditions for fast-food workers has been set aside for now, after state officials said an effort by major restaurant and business trade groups to overturn the law had qualified as a measure on next year's ballot.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 25, 2023

Campaign to repeal California fast food wage and labor regulation law submits more than 1 million signatures

On Dec. 5, Save Local Restaurants submitted more than 1 million signatures to the California secretary of state to place a veto referendum on the 2024 ballot that would repeal Assembly Bill 257 (AB 257). AB 257 would create a fast food council authorized to increase the minimum wage of…

Ballotpedia · Dec 6, 2022

California union alleges that fast-food effort to block new labor law is 'willfully misleading voters'

California's largest union on Thursday lodged a complaint with state officials alleging that a fast-food industry coalition violated state election rules in its campaign to block a landmark labor law from going into effect.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 28, 2022