Participants and partners of the Aspen Business Roundtable on Organized Labor mobilized to support the passage of AB 257, a step toward “sectoral bargaining” for fast-food workers. In this op-ed for Fortune, Roundtable facilitator Thomas Kochan writes this is an opportunity to forge win-win relationships:
Now that AB 257 has been signed into law, California has a unique opportunity to launch a path-breaking high-road business and employment strategy for owners and workers in its fast food industry. AB 257 creates a statewide “Fast Food Council” composed of industry, worker, and government representatives to set minimum wage, safety, and employment and training standards for workers in large fast food chains and their franchises. The bill also encourages cities with 200,000 or more residents to create their own regional councils.
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