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Power At Work Blogcast #42: Order Up: California Fast Food Workers Serve Justice Through Union Power

Published on April 30, 2024

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In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Anneisha Williams, fast food worker and Fast Food Council member; Michelle Healy, SEIU Director of Breakthrough Campaigns; and Maria Maldonado, statewide director and Fast Food Council member, to discuss the organizing and innovation achieved by the California Fast Food Workers Union, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union. Tune in to hear about the union's non-traditional sectoral bargaining strategy and what fast food workers in California have achieved so far, such as a pay increase to $20 per hour and the establishment of a historic Fast Food Council.

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Anneisha Williams is a fast food worker and proud member of the California Fast Food Workers Union and the California Fast Food Council.

Maria Maldonado is the statewide director of the California Fast Food Workers Union.

Michelle Healy is the SEIU Director of Breakthrough Campaigns.

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