For more than seven years, California’s fast-food workers have been joining together and speaking out to demand $15 an hour, union rights, and respect in the workplace. We’ve won $15 and paid sick leave statewide, but we’re still fighting for a voice on the job. McDonald’s and other companies have failed to take responsibility for issues like wage theft, sexual harassment, and discrimination that run rampant in our industry. Instead, California’s taxpayers have been footing the bill for poverty wages and their failure to protect their own employees.

No more. Throughout the pandemic, California fast-food workers have gone on strike at over 200 locations to make it clear that workers need a seat at the table to ensure safety for ourselves and our families. Our representatives in office must stand with us now to pass AB 257, the FAST Recovery Act that:

1. Gives Workers a Seat at the Table. With the creation of a Fast Food Sector Council, fast-food workers will have the power to shape industry-wide workplace standards. That means workers can organize, mobilize and win higher pay and improved health and safety standards throughout the industry.

2. Holds Large Fast-food Corporations Accountable. Corporate, fast-food giants like McDonald’s will be required to ensure all their restaurants have the resources they need to operate safely by law. If a fast-food restaurant franchise violates the law, the parent, fast-food corporation (McDonalds, Burger King etc..) does too.

Sign here if you support the Fast-food Accountability and Standards (FAST) Recovery Act. It’s time California legislators put power where it belongs: in the hands of workers.