Lawmakers in California approved a bill that will give fast food workers more power and protections over the objections of restaurant workers who say that this could increase consumers’ costs.
“We made history today,” said Service Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry, calling it “a watershed moment.”
The Senate approved the measure on a 21-12 vote, over bipartisan opposition. Hours later the Assembly sent it to Gov. Gavin Newsom on a final 41-16 vote, both chambers acting with no votes to spare. “It’s innovative, it’s bringing industry and workers together at the table,” said Democratic Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, who carried the bill in the Senate. She called it a “very, very well-balanced method of addressing both the employers, the franchisees, as well as the workers.”
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