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 ...
topThe 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...
topA 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.
topOwners 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
top... 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
topReyes 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
topThe 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.
top... 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.
topBynum 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...
top... 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
topThat'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
top... 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.
topThat'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 -...
top... 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.
topThe 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...
top... 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.
topThe 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,...
top... 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
topBynum 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
top"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...
topThe 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...
topIt 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
top... 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.
topThe 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...
top... 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.
topThe 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...
topIt 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.
top"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...
top"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...
topIt 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
topIt 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...
top'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.
topChampioned 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
topBut 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.
topChampioned 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...
topChampioned 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
topBut 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.
top... 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
top... 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.
top... 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.
topIsmael 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...
topIsmael 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
topDavid 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...
topThe 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.
top"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."
top"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
top"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."
top... 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.".
top(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