For years, the only way for Jose de la Torre to make a living in L.A. as a pizza delivery driver was to crash with six other people in a one-bedroom apartment. Then, when his weekly hours were cut ...

This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. In their third report on the subject and second update of data, University of California researchers reach the same ...

A new working paper from the University of California, Santa Cruz, is raising fresh questions about the impact of California's $20 minimum wage for fast‑food workers — and prompting a sharp rebuttal ...

Researchers found that California's minimum wage hike for fast-food workers led to "negative outcomes" such as automation and reduced work hours. The researchers at the University of California, Santa ...

Fast-food workers in California may be earning more money, but their employers are cutting their hours to make up for the cost of higher pay. That's from a new study published in Applied Economic ...

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Two years ago, a hotly contested law imposing a $20-per-hour minimum wage on franchised fast food outlets took ...

California’s Fast Food Council, created under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s high-profile labor deal, is sitting in limbo with no chairperson, no full meetings in more than a year, and roughly $1.1 million in ...