By Bpb Walsh
Regular readers will remember that some months ago I
wrote about a new California law which created a state commission which,
among other things, had the power to set wages, hours and terms and
conditions of employment for fast food workers in CA. The businesses
screamed and got together and got the law put on hold by getting a
ballot initiative set up for the 2024 ballot that would squash the law.
However,
the nanny state is often very clever and sneaky. The Industrial
Welfare Commission was created in CA in 1913 to regulate businesses that
employed women and children, and had the power to order pay raises.
That commission has been in hibernation for about 20 years.
Along
comes AB102, which would provide $3 million to reenergize the
commission and ensure that it worked to strengthen as opposed to weaken
protection for labor in CA. This commission will (if all goes according
to plan) allow workers to negotiate with the state commission rather
than directly with their employers. The CA restaurant association and
Chamber of Commerce is not thrilled.
The
revised commission is supposed to submit it's recommendations to the
State Labor Commission one week before the 2024 election. Just a
coincidence I'm sure.
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