Walk into any fast food restaurant and you'll see the bright menu boards, the familiar items, the standard combos. There's ...

Nearly 5 million people in the United States work in fast food, and several of them are in my family. Three out of the five of my children have worked fast-food jobs (and the youngest isn’t quite old ...

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Fast food workers in California are asking for another minimum wage hike just months after the Golden State bumped their pay from $16 to $20 an hour. The California Fast Food Workers Union — a branch ...

Before California’s fast food workers get a minimum wage hike to $20 an hour in April, the state will grant them another historic avenue to advance their interests. A first-in-the-nation fast food ...

Something has happened to tipping culture in America, and it's made people somewhat uneasy about the gratuities they used to leave with confidence. Tips were once confined to the sit-down dining ...

Say you work at a fast food restaurant or coffee shop that bears the name of a national chain. Under California law, you're entitled to be paid at least $20 an hour starting Monday. Say you work at ...

Several fast-food franchises in California are laying off workers in anticipation of a legally mandated minimum wage hike that is slated to take effect in April. A new minimum wage law will award fast ...

A fast-food worker in California during the pandemic. Photo credit: labor.ucla.edu Fast-food workers across the state, including San Diego, were celebrating a boost to their minimum wage Monday, ...

Lizzet Aguilar has worked at a McDonald’s in Los Angeles for 17 years. She’s never once been given a paid day off. She’s never taken a vacation. When her husband or nine-year-old son get sick and need ...

California’s fast food workers have a new union to advocate for higher pay and safer working conditions, organizers announced Friday. Thousands of workers statewide will be able to join the California ...

A McDonald’s location in Downey, California.. Photo: Citizen of the Planet/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Most fast food workers in California will be paid at least $20 an hour beginning ...