California fast-food workers form a unique union in a bid for higher wages, better working conditions
by Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times
Feb 09, 2024
3 minutes
Mysheka Ronquillo works as a cashier and cook at a Carl's Jr. in Long Beach, earning $16 an hour. She's looking forward to a raise to $20 an hour in April, thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last fall.
The higher wages will help her pay for school for her 19-year-old daughter, but keeping up with her bills still will be hard because of an unstable schedule that has her working 30 hours some weeks and 24 hours other weeks, she said.
"Gas isn't going down, rent isn't going
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