EPISODE · Mar 8, 2023 · 18 MIN
California's ballot-box fast-food fight
from Headlines From The Times · host Roberto Reyes, David Toledo Diaz, Heba Elorbany, Kasia Broussalian, Mike Heflin, Suhauna Hussain, Denise Guerra, Nicolas Perez, Jazmín Aguilera, Shani O. Hilton, Ashlea Brown, Helen Li, Contributors: Gustavo Arellano, Mario Diaz, Mark Nieto
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
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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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