EPISODE · Mar 8, 2023 · 18 MIN
California's ballot-box fast-food fight
from Headlines From The Times · host Mario Diaz, Shani O. Hilton, Contributors: Gustavo Arellano, David Toledo Diaz, Denise Guerra, Suhauna Hussain, Jazmín Aguilera, Roberto Reyes, Mark Nieto, Kasia Broussalian, Helen Li, Mike Heflin, Ashlea Brown, Heba Elorbany, Nicolas Perez
Last year, the California State Legislature approved a bill that aimed to improve wages and conditions for fast-food workers, but the fast-food industry raised millions to oppose it. As petitioners collect signatures, voters allege that they were lied to by petitioners.Today, we get into the food fight — and California’s murky world of signature-gathering. Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times reporter Suhauna HusseinMore reading:‘I feel duped’: Inside the fast-food industry’s push to dismantle a new California labor lawUC Riverside should investigate ‘phony’ economics research center, faculty sayColumn: The fast-food industry gears up to kill another pro-worker state law
What this episode covers
As the fast-food industry collects signatures on a ballot measure to push back on a bill that would improve wages and conditions for workers, some voters allege that they were lied to by petitioners.
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