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'Winners and Losers'as $20 Fast-Food Wage Nears in California

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Narrative Analysis - Report

Key Focus

  • The winners will be workers who keep their jobs and at most have a modest reduction in hours, he said, while the losers will be those whose hours are substantially cut or who lose their jobs - along with smaller franchise owners who were already struggling to make much of a profit. ...
  • It also creates a council comprising, among others, workers, franchise owners and union representatives who will oversee future increases to the minimum wage and devise workplace standards ...

    • Momentum supporting factors

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  • (workers,wage,winners)
  • (workers,winners)
  • (wage,jobs)
  • (wage,keep,jobs)
  • (workers,jobs)
  • (workers,wage,jobs)
  • (workers,wage,keep)
  • (workers,fast-food,owners)
  • (wage,winners)

    • Challenge supporting factors

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  • (workers,labor,industries)
  • (workers,labor,economist)
  • (workers,labor,economic_policy_institute)
  • (wage,employees,supporters)

    • Work-in-progress supporting factors

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  • (restaurant,employees,wage)
  • (restaurant,wage)
  • (restaurant,employees,southern_california)
  • (restaurant,southern_california)
  • (restaurant,employees,savings)
  • (restaurant,savings)
  • (restaurant,bynum,city,owners)
  • (restaurant,city,owners)
  • (restaurant,employees,owners)
  • (restaurant,bynum,city,los_angeles_county)
  • (restaurant,city,los_angeles_county)
  • (restaurant,employees,los_angeles_county)
  • (restaurant,employees,keep)
  • (restaurant,employees,josue_reyes)

    • Time PeriodChallengeMomentumWIP
    Report1.60 5.99 92.42

    High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

    High Level Abstraction (HLA)Report
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    (12) (restaurant,city,los_angeles_county)80.79
    (13) (restaurant,employees,los_angeles_county)80.57
    (14) (restaurant,employees,keep)80.35
    (15) (restaurant,employees,josue_reyes)79.91
    (16) (restaurant,bynum,city,reyes)78.38
    (17) (restaurant,city,reyes)77.95
    (18) (restaurant,bynum,city,poverty)76.64
    (19) (restaurant,city,poverty)75.98
    (20) (restaurant,bynum,city,los_angeles)75.33
    (21) (restaurant,city,los_angeles)74.02
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    (23) (restaurant,city,keenly)72.05
    (24) (restaurant,bynum,city,increase)71.83
    (25) (restaurant,city,increase)70.09
    (26) (restaurant,bynum,wife)69.43
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    (32) (restaurant,wife)66.81
    (33) (restaurant,the_new_york_times)66.59
    (34) (wage,keep,winners)66.38
    (35) (workers,wage,winners)65.28
    (36) (workers,winners)64.85
    (37) (wage,franchise,jobs)64.19
    (38) (wage,owners,franchise,jobs)63.10
    (39) (wage,owners,jobs)60.92
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    (41) (workers,owners,franchise,jobs)58.30
    (42) (workers,owners,jobs)56.33
    (43) (workers,wage,franchise,jobs)55.46
    (44) (workers,wage,owners,jobs)54.37
    (45) (wage,keep,franchise)53.28
    (46) (workers,fast-food,wage,franchise)52.40
    (47) (wage,franchise,winners)48.25
    (48) (wage,owners,franchise,winners)46.72
    (49) (wage,owners,winners)45.20
    (50) (workers,franchise,winners)44.32
    (51) (workers,owners,franchise,winners)42.79
    (52) (workers,owners,winners)42.14
    (53) (workers,wage,franchise,winners)41.48
    (54) (workers,wage,owners,winners)40.39
    (55) (wage,franchise,profit)39.52
    (56) (wage,keep,profit)38.65
    (57) (wage,owners,franchise,profit)38.21
    (58) (wage,owners,profit)36.03
    (59) (workers,franchise,profit)34.72
    (60) (workers,owners,franchise,profit)34.28
    (61) (workers,owners,profit)32.10
    (62) (workers,wage,franchise,profit)31.66
    (63) (workers,wage,owners,profit)30.79
    (64) (workers,wage,profit)30.13
    (65) (wage,owners,franchise,keep)29.91
    (66) (wage,owners,keep)28.38
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    (68) (workers,wage,owners,keep)26.20
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    (70) (wage,owners,franchise,increases)24.67
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    (72) (workers,fast-food,increases)22.05
    (73) (workers,fast-food,wage,increases)21.83
    (74) (workers,wage,franchise,increases)20.74
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    (76) (workers,wage,owners,increases)19.87
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    (82) (workers,fast-food,wage,owners)17.03
    (83) (workers,fast-food,wage,council)16.16
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    (88) (workers,fast-food,service_employees_international_union)13.54
    (89) (workers,franchise,service_employees_international_union)13.32
    (90) (workers,labor,service_employees_international_union)13.10
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    Supporting narratives:

    Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

    • momentum - Back to HLA
      • "A higher minimum wage creates winners and losers," he said.. . The winners will be workers who keep their jobs and at most have a modest reduction in hours, he said, while the losers will be those whose hours are substantially cut or who lose their jobs - along with smaller franchise owners who were already struggling to make much of a profit ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,wage,winners)
        • (wage,keep,jobs)
        • (workers,wage,keep)
        • (workers,wage,jobs)
        • (wage,keep,winners)
        • (workers,winners)
        • (workers,jobs)
        • (wage,jobs)
        • Inferred entity relationships (7)
        • (jobs,wage) [inferred]
        • (keep,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (jobs,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (keep,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (wage,winners,workers) [inferred]
        • (winners,workers) [inferred]

    • momentum - Back to HLA
      • Championed by powerful labor organizations, including the Service Employees International Union, the law will lift pay for more than half a million California employees who work for fast-food chains with 60 or more locations nationwide. It also creates a council comprising, among others, workers, franchise owners and union representatives who will oversee future increases to the minimum wage and devise workplace standards ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,fast-food,owners)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (fast-food,owners,wage,workers) [inferred]

    • momentum - Back to HLA
      • David Neumark, a professor of economics at the University of California, Irvine, said the impact would be more nuanced. "A higher minimum wage creates winners and losers," he said.. . The winners will be workers who keep their jobs and at most have a modest reduction in hours, he said, while the losers will be those whose hours are substantially cut or who lose their jobs - along with smaller franchise owners who were already struggling to make much of a profit ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (wage,winners)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (wage,winners,workers) [inferred]

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • Ismael Cid-Martinez, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank partly funded by labor unions, said the law would help lift wages for workers in other low-paying industries in the state. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,labor,low-paying)
        • (workers,labor,industries)

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • Ismael Cid-Martinez, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank partly funded by labor unions, said the law would help lift wages for workers in other low-paying industries in the state ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,labor,economist)
        • (workers,labor,economic_policy_institute)

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • (Only Tukwila, Wash., a small city outside Seattle, sets the bar higher, with a minimum wage of $20.29 for many employees.). . The ambitious law, which supporters hope to see replicated nationwide, has been characterized by opposing sides in stark terms ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (wage,employees,supporters)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The new minimum wage will add $3,000 to $4,000 to his monthly expenses, he said, and while he hopes to keep all eight of his employees, he doesn't know if he can make the numbers add up. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,employees,keep)
        • (restaurant,wage)
        • (wage,keep,employees)
        • (restaurant,employees,wage)
        • Inferred entity relationships (7)
        • (restaurant,wage) [inferred]
        • (employees,restaurant,southern_california) [inferred]
        • (keep,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (employees,restaurant,savings) [inferred]
        • (keep,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (employees,keep,wage) [inferred]
        • (employees,keep,restaurant) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • A decade ago, Jamie Bynum poured his life savings into a barbecue restaurant now tucked between a Thai eatery and a nutrition store in a Southern California strip mall. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,southern_california)
        • (restaurant,employees,southern_california)
        • Inferred entity relationships (3)
        • (employees,restaurant,wage) [inferred]
        • (restaurant,southern_california) [inferred]
        • (employees,restaurant,savings) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Owners and employees are sizing up the potential impact.. . A decade ago, Jamie Bynum poured his life savings into a barbecue restaurant now tucked between a Thai eatery and a nutrition store in a Southern California strip mall ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,savings)
        • (restaurant,employees,savings)
        • Inferred entity relationships (3)
        • (employees,restaurant,wage) [inferred]
        • (employees,restaurant,southern_california) [inferred]
        • (restaurant,savings) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Reyes at this fast-food restaurant in Lancaster, a high desert city at the northern edge of Los Angeles County, mirror conversations that will play out across the state as owners and employees - and eventually consumers - adjust to the new reality ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,city,owners)
        • (restaurant,employees,owners)
        • (restaurant,employees,los_angeles_county)
        • (restaurant,city,los_angeles_county)
        • (restaurant,bynum,city,los_angeles_county)
        • (restaurant,bynum,city,owners)
        • Inferred entity relationships (9)
        • (bynum,city,restaurant,reyes) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,keenly,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,poverty,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,increase,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (city,los_angeles_county,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (city,owners,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,los_angeles,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,los_angeles_county,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,owners,restaurant) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The new minimum wage will add $3,000 to $4,000 to his monthly expenses, he said, and while he hopes to keep all eight of his employees, he doesn't know if he can make the numbers add up.. . One employee, Josue Reyes, has worked at the restaurant on and off over the past decade. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,employees,josue_reyes)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Bynum and Mr. Reyes at this fast-food restaurant in Lancaster, a high desert city at the northern edge of Los Angeles County, mirror conversations that will play out across the state as owners and employees - and eventually consumers - adjust to the new reality ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,city,reyes)
        • (restaurant,bynum,city,reyes)
        • Inferred entity relationships (7)
        • (bynum,city,poverty,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,increase,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,los_angeles,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,keenly,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,los_angeles_county,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,owners,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (city,restaurant,reyes) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • That's a significant increase for his customers in Lancaster, a city 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles where about 15 percent of residents live at or below the poverty line - and where higher pay and higher costs will both be keenly felt ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,bynum,city,poverty)
        • (restaurant,city,poverty)
        • (restaurant,city,los_angeles)
        • (restaurant,city,increase)
        • (restaurant,bynum,city,increase)
        • (restaurant,bynum,city,los_angeles)
        • Inferred entity relationships (10)
        • (bynum,city,restaurant,reyes) [inferred]
        • (city,los_angeles,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,keenly,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (city,poverty,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,poverty,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,increase,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (city,increase,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,los_angeles,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,los_angeles_county,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,owners,restaurant) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • That's a significant increase for his customers in Lancaster, a city 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles where about 15 percent of residents live at or below the poverty line - and where higher pay and higher costs will both be keenly felt. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,bynum,poverty)
        • (restaurant,bynum,city,keenly)
        • (restaurant,city,keenly)
        • Inferred entity relationships (7)
        • (bynum,city,poverty,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,increase,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,restaurant,reyes) [inferred]
        • (city,keenly,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,los_angeles,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,los_angeles_county,restaurant) [inferred]
        • (bynum,city,owners,restaurant) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • That's a significant increase for his customers in Lancaster, a city 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles where about 15 percent of residents live at or below the poverty line - and where higher pay and higher costs will both be keenly felt.. . Most days in recent years, Mr. Bynum and his wife have run the restaurant with help from their two adult children. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,bynum,wife)
        • Inferred entity relationships (3)
        • (bynum,restaurant,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
        • (bynum,restaurant,reyes) [inferred]
        • (restaurant,wife) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Bynum is pridefully particular about details of his restaurant.Credit...Gabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,bynum,the_new_york_times)
        • Inferred entity relationships (3)
        • (restaurant,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
        • (bynum,restaurant,reyes) [inferred]
        • (bynum,restaurant,wife) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The potential ripple effects of the law weighed by Mr. Bynum and Mr. Reyes at this fast-food restaurant in Lancaster, a high desert city at the northern edge of Los Angeles County, mirror conversations that will play out across the state as owners and employees - and eventually consumers - adjust to the new reality ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,bynum,reyes)
        • (restaurant,bynum,potential)
        • Inferred entity relationships (2)
        • (bynum,restaurant,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
        • (bynum,restaurant,wife) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • . Mr. Bynum is pridefully particular about details of his restaurant.Credit...Gabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,bynum,pridefully)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • That's a significant increase for his customers in Lancaster, a city 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles where about 15 percent of residents live at or below the poverty line - and where higher pay and higher costs will both be keenly felt.. . Most days in recent years, Mr. Bynum and his wife have run the restaurant with help from their two adult children.. . "What started as a dream has slowly faded," Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,wife)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Bynum is pridefully particular about details of his restaurant.Credit...Gabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times. The chain, based in Dallas, operates more than 400 restaurants, and Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (restaurant,the_new_york_times)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The winners will be workers who keep their jobs and at most have a modest reduction in hours, he said, while the losers will be those whose hours are substantially cut or who lose their jobs - along with smaller franchise owners who were already struggling to make much of a profit ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (wage,owners,franchise,keep)
        • (wage,owners,jobs)
        • (wage,franchise,jobs)
        • (workers,franchise,jobs)
        • (workers,wage,owners,keep)
        • (workers,wage,owners,winners)
        • (workers,wage,owners,jobs)
        • (wage,owners,franchise,winners)
        • (workers,owners,franchise,jobs)
        • (wage,owners,winners)
        • (workers,wage,franchise,keep)
        • (wage,owners,franchise,jobs)
        • (wage,owners,keep)
        • (workers,owners,franchise,winners)
        • (workers,owners,winners)
        • (wage,franchise,winners)
        • (workers,wage,franchise,winners)
        • (workers,owners,jobs)
        • (workers,wage,franchise,jobs)
        • (workers,franchise,winners)
        • Inferred entity relationships (32)
        • (franchise,jobs,owners,wage) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,service_employees_international_union,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (franchise,keep,wage) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,profit,workers) [inferred]
        • (keep,owners,wage) [inferred]
        • (franchise,keep,owners,wage) [inferred]
        • (franchise,jobs,owners,workers) [inferred]
        • (jobs,owners,workers) [inferred]
        • (jobs,workers) [inferred]
        • (owners,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (keep,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (owners,wage,winners,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,keep,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,profit,wage) [inferred]
        • (franchise,wage,winners,workers) [inferred]
        • (keep,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (wage,winners,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (keep,owners,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,winners,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,jobs,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,jobs,wage) [inferred]
        • (owners,winners,workers) [inferred]
        • (jobs,owners,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (jobs,wage) [inferred]
        • (jobs,owners,wage) [inferred]
        • (franchise,jobs,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (jobs,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (winners,workers) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The winners will be workers who keep their jobs and at most have a modest reduction in hours, he said, while the losers will be those whose hours are substantially cut or who lose their jobs - along with smaller franchise owners who were already struggling to make much of a profit. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,wage,owners,franchise)
        • (workers,wage,owners,profit)
        • (workers,wage,profit)
        • (wage,keep,franchise)
        • (wage,owners,franchise,profit)
        • (workers,owners,franchise,profit)
        • (wage,franchise,profit)
        • (wage,keep,profit)
        • (wage,owners,profit)
        • (workers,wage,franchise,profit)
        • (workers,franchise,profit)
        • (workers,owners,profit)
        • Inferred entity relationships (19)
        • (franchise,profit,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,service_employees_international_union,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,winners,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,profit,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,keep,owners,wage) [inferred]
        • (owners,profit,workers) [inferred]
        • (owners,profit,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,profit,workers) [inferred]
        • (owners,profit,wage) [inferred]
        • (owners,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (keep,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (owners,wage,winners,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,keep,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (profit,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,profit,wage) [inferred]
        • (keep,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (franchise,profit,wage) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • It also creates a council comprising, among others, workers, franchise owners and union representatives who will oversee future increases to the minimum wage and devise workplace standards ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,fast-food,wage,council)
        • (workers,wage,owners,franchise)
        • (workers,fast-food,wage,franchise)
        • (workers,fast-food,wage,owners)
        • Inferred entity relationships (10)
        • (franchise,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (owners,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,service_employees_international_union,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (owners,wage,winners,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,winners,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,profit,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,profit,wage) [inferred]
        • (franchise,wage,winners,workers) [inferred]
        • (fast-food,owners,workers) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • It also creates a council comprising, among others, workers, franchise owners and union representatives who will oversee future increases to the minimum wage and devise workplace standards. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (wage,franchise,increases)
        • (wage,owners,increases)
        • (workers,fast-food,wage,increases)
        • (workers,wage,franchise,increases)
        • (wage,owners,franchise,increases)
        • (workers,wage,increases)
        • (workers,wage,owners,increases)
        • (workers,fast-food,increases)
        • Inferred entity relationships (10)
        • (increases,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,increases,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (owners,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (owners,wage,winners,workers) [inferred]
        • (fast-food,increases,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,increases,wage) [inferred]
        • (increases,owners,wage) [inferred]
        • (increases,owners,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,increases,owners,wage) [inferred]
        • (fast-food,increases,wage,workers) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • 'Winners and Losers'as $20 Fast-Food Wage Nears in California. . The nation's highest state minimum wage for fast-food workers takes effect on Monday. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,california,wage)
        • (workers,fast-food,california,wage)
        • Inferred entity relationships (3)
        • (california,fast-food,service_employees_international_union,workers) [inferred]
        • (california,fast-food,labor,workers) [inferred]
        • (california,fast-food,minimum-wage,workers) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Championed by powerful labor organizations, including the Service Employees International Union, the law will lift pay for more than half a million California employees who work for fast-food chains with 60 or more locations nationwide ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,franchise,service_employees_international_union)
        • (workers,labor,service_employees_international_union)
        • (workers,owners,franchise,service_employees_international_union)
        • (workers,fast-food,service_employees_international_union)
        • (workers,california,labor)
        • (workers,california,service_employees_international_union)
        • (workers,fast-food,labor)
        • (workers,owners,franchise,labor)
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        • (workers,fast-food,california,labor)
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        • (workers,labor,employees)
        • (workers,owners,service_employees_international_union)
        • (workers,franchise,labor)
        • (workers,california,employees)
        • Inferred entity relationships (17)
        • (franchise,owners,wage,winners) [inferred]
        • (franchise,labor,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (california,fast-food,labor,workers) [inferred]
        • (california,employees,fast-food,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,labor,owners,workers) [inferred]
        • (california,fast-food,minimum-wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,winners,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,profit,workers) [inferred]
        • (california,fast-food,service_employees_international_union,workers) [inferred]
        • (fast-food,service_employees_international_union,workers) [inferred]
        • (owners,service_employees_international_union,workers) [inferred]
        • (california,employees,workers) [inferred]
        • (employees,fast-food,wage) [inferred]
        • (california,fast-food,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (fast-food,labor,workers) [inferred]
        • (franchise,owners,profit,wage) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • But on Monday, it will jump to $20 an hour for most fast-food workers in California, propelling them to the top of what minimum-wage earners make anywhere in the country. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,california,minimum-wage)
        • (workers,california,earners)
        • (workers,fast-food,california,earners)
        • (workers,fast-food,california,minimum-wage)
        • (workers,fast-food,minimum-wage)
        • Inferred entity relationships (6)
        • (california,fast-food,service_employees_international_union,workers) [inferred]
        • (california,fast-food,wage,workers) [inferred]
        • (california,earners,workers) [inferred]
        • (california,earners,fast-food,workers) [inferred]
        • (california,fast-food,labor,workers) [inferred]
        • (fast-food,minimum-wage,workers) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "I care about my people and have given people a lot of opportunities over the years.". . And singling out the fast-food industry for a higher minimum wage, Mr. Bynum said, "all just seems targeted and like an attack." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (wage,fast-food,singling)
        • (wage,fast-food,industry)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "I care about my people and have given people a lot of opportunities over the years.". . And singling out the fast-food industry for a higher minimum wage, Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (wage,fast-food,opportunities)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "I care about my people and have given people a lot of opportunities over the years.". . And singling out the fast-food industry for a higher minimum wage, Mr. Bynum said, "all just seems targeted and like an attack.". ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (wage,fast-food,bynum)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • And singling out the fast-food industry for a higher minimum wage, Mr. Bynum said, "all just seems targeted and like an attack.". ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (wage,fast-food,attack)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The nation's highest state minimum wage for fast-food workers takes effect on Monday. Owners and employees are sizing up the potential impact ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (wage,employees,fast-food)
        • (wage,employees,workers)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • (Only Tukwila, Wash., a small city outside Seattle, sets the bar higher, with a minimum wage of $20.29 for many employees.) ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (wage,employees,tukwila)
        • (wage,employees,city)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (employees,wage,workers) [inferred]