Commentary
California raised the minimum wage by 25 percent, to $20 an hour, for some fast-food chain restaurant workers on April 1. The raise came, appropriately, on April Fool’s Day. That’s because many of those same workers who thought they were getting a generous raise will likely soon get nothing near that. Instead, some will get unemployment benefits when their employers cut back staff. And only certain fast-food workers at big chains will actually get the raise. That’s an “April fool!” from the California state legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom.