Amid growing awareness of inequality and jobs that don’t pay enough to cover child care and housing, California legislators are considering a radical proposal: Allow the state to negotiate wages, hours and work conditions for an entire industry. Proponents in the state Legislature say one solution to inequality is to empower workers to negotiate through unions, but that’s not happening in the fast food industry, where frequent turnover, inexperience and intimidation make it too difficult for workers to organize. Only 3% of fast food and counter workers belong to unions nationwide. In Sacramento, a union-backed Democratic proposal called the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, or Fast Recovery Act , would establish a state-appointed council to enact industry-wide minimum standards for wages, working hours and work conditions. If passed by state lawmakers and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the proposal would also hold corporate franchisors responsible for … [Read more...] about Worker empowerment or government overreach? California’s fast food bill tests labor laws
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America needs an honest, adult conversation about our challenges in 2022
close Video Biden’s voting rights speech was ‘incredibly polarizing’: GOP lawmaker Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., warns Democrats are trying to ‘propagandize’ election reform on ‘The Story.’ NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! After watching the nasty, petty, and downright dishonest partisan political theater around the Jan. 6 attacks and the effort to change voting laws, it is obvious that America needs an entirely new conversation about its challenges and its future. As Americans who love our country, it is difficult to disengage from the mean-spirited, constantly vicious, personal and negative attacks the current political environment promotes. It is even harder to ignore the constant pettiness of the news media and, with few exceptions, the shallow agendas of the reporting community. However, the viciousness and negativity of attack politics is the opposite of what the American people want. Washington avoids reality by focusing on … [Read more...] about America needs an honest, adult conversation about our challenges in 2022
