Democracy Dies in California – WSJ

On Thursday the group Save Local Restaurants sued in state court to block the state from implementing a destructive new law on Jan. 1. The law creates a state council to dictate wages, working conditions and benefits, among other things, for fast-food workers who aren t unionized. The law is intended to coerce fast-food franchises to surrender to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

Save Local Restaurants has filed a referendum petition with more than one million signatures, which far exceeds the 623,212 required to qualify for the November 2024 ballot. Under the state constitution, a law is required to be put on hold once a referendum petition with enough signatures is filed.

But Democratic state officials say the law will take effect on Jan. 1 until all the signatures are verified, which could take months. Meantime, the state council could issue edicts such as raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $22 a hour. While the council s mandates couldn t go into effect until Oct. 15, employers would have to prepare to comply.

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These wokester-nanny staters won’t be satisfied until they drive In-N-Out Burger, only the best burger in all of fast-food-dom (Five Guys in not fast food) out of business. They hate burgers, they hate fries, they hate milk shakes and they hate America. And dogs, they hate dogs too. Except tiny little dogs.