California lawmakers this month are considering a fast food bill AB257 that would significantly shift the relationship between restaurant workers and the corporate chains whose products they sell.
If it becomes law, proponents said it could deter wage theft and other abuses in the low-wage industry.
The Service Employees International Union and its Fight for $15 campaign led a series of strikes this summer to rally for the bill’s passageCurrently most workers who allege wage theft, say, at a McDonald’s, Burger King, or a Jack in the Box can only name the owner of their specific franchise location as responsible for paying them back — even as they work under the banner of a multibillion-dollar fast food corporation.
Restaurants such as fast-food joints, take-out businesses and cafes employed more than 700,000 workers across the state, according to June federal data. Proponents of the bill estimate 80% of the workers are Black, Latino or Asian and two-thirds are women.of 400 workers this year in which 85% said they were victims of wage theft.
Studies have found franchisors can exert a significant amount of pressure and control over franchise business owners.Yardenna Aaron, executive director of the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund
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