Restaurant operators and enterprise advocates mobilized Tuesday to attempt to persuade California Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto a invoice that might set wages for fast-food employees, a transfer they stated may improve prices and set a precedent different states and cities may observe.
The trouble is being pushed by franchise house owners, together with many who must tackle the price of paying employees a minimal wage as excessive as $22 an hour beginning subsequent yr, set by a government-run council created by the invoice. Chains that function their very own eating places, reminiscent of Starbucks Corp., Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. and In-N-Out Burger, would even be affected.
