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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...