Fast-Food Operators Mobilize Against California Wage Bill

Restaurant operators and enterprise advocates mobilized Tuesday to attempt to persuade California Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto a invoice that will set wages for fast-food staff, a transfer they stated might improve prices and set a precedent different states and cities would possibly observe.

The effort is being pushed by franchise homeowners, together with many who must tackle the price of paying staff a minimal wage as excessive as $22 an hour beginning subsequent yr, set by a government-run council created by the invoice. Chains that function their very own eating places, equivalent to Starbucks Corp., Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. and In-N-Out Burger, would even be affected.