Some UC faculty members are raising the alarm about a research center affiliated with UC Riverside. They say it uses corporate funding for reports “attacking proposals to improve the lives of working Californians.” suhaunah reports:
a fast food industry group, criticizing legislation seeking to create a statewide representative body including workers and restaurant franchisees to set wages and working standards for the industry. The report concluded that introducing a higher minimum wage sanctioned by the law, called AB 257, would increase fast food prices by 20% or more.California voters complain that canvassers for a measure to repeal a law expanding protections for fast-food workers lied about the effects.
Thornberg in September, responding to questions from The Times, said that his AB 257 report erroneously implied that a rise to a $22 minimum wage alone would cause a 20% increase in fast food prices. He said the calculation included other costs he projects associated with the legislation.second report Thornberg authored
“Mr. Thornberg fails entirely to become steeped in the minimum wage literature; indeed, there are no citations whatsoever in his study,” Fairris writes.Lawyers for gig companies and their workers squared off in a California appeals court on whether it should uphold a ruling that Proposition 22 is unconstitutional and unenforceable.
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