Minimum wage for most California fast-food workers to rise on April 1

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- On April 1st, the wage for astir fast-food workers successful California volition summation from the state's existent complaint of $16 an hr to $20.

"It's bully for the workers, definitely. The outgo of surviving is going up. So, they get a amended small summation successful their check," said Merced nonmigratory Francine Mestaz.

Dillon Savory is the enforcement manager for the Central Labor Council.

He says employers are ever pushing costs onto consumers, but it truly comes down to the affordability situation successful California.

"A batch of workers are not; they're conscionable trying to instrumentality attraction of their families. They're not capable to deliberation astir things beyond their day-to-day enactment oregon week to week quality to instrumentality attraction of their loved ones," explained Savory.

Action News reached retired to Chipotle Mexican Grill regarding the increase.

A spokesperson declined our petition for an interrogation but quoted the company's Chief Financial and Administrative Officer arsenic saying,

"To screen the outgo of the wage increase, we would request to instrumentality a mid-single-digit terms summation successful California."

That means an accrued outgo for the customer.

For different concatenation restaurants, layoffs are the solution.

Two Pizza Hut franchisees announced, it volition laic disconnected astir 1,200 crossed the state, including radical successful Central California.

Earlier this week, the politician signed a measure that volition exempt definite fast-food establishments successful places similar airports, hotels, lawsuit centers and firm field cafeterias from implementing this increase.

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