Servers say the chain forces them to do janitorial work, dishwashing for lower tipped wages and robs them of up to $46.8 million.
Following fast-food industry blocking of reforms, lawmakers bring back a wage commission. Such bodies have expanded rights for low-wage workers in other states.
Parent companies now shielded from exposure would be held accountable along with individual franchise owners.
Two California cases probe who is pocketing those extra fees tacked onto your restaurant tab.
Fast food industry contributes to homelessness in California, says new report.
On the day Flying Food Group employees in L.A. had planned to picket, they found exit doors wouldn’t open.
A state bill is poised to improve pay and conditions for more than 550,000 California workers. But is Gov. Newsom lovin’ it?
The organic and vegetarian meal maker is facing a litany of complaints from employees over workplace abuses.
A ground-breaking state law could raise work standards for fast food employees while keeping them safe.
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Everytable’s mission is to put healthy, tasty, affordable meals within reach of people in low-income communities. To stay profitable, the dining chain’s customers at its locations in more affluent parts Los Angeles pay more for the same meal than those in working-class neighborhoods.
It’s often apparent at countless restaurants around the country that the hardest working employees are the bussers, with the “back of the house” providing the foundation for the entire culinary enterprise.