The Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance, the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Action, Unite Here Local 11, Move LA and other organizations supported the proposal.
The California Restaurant Association and some local restaurant owners opposed the proposal, arguing the requirements would impose additional costs on businesses.
In a letter to the City Council, the association said the proposed ordinance would create duplicative and costly requirements.
“California already has some of the most extensive workplace rights notices and training on topics such as workplace violence, sexual harassment, health and safety, food safety, and other workplace rights. By mandating rights training by groups that are not neutral parties, the (proposed law) would not only duplicate existing law but also force neighborhood restaurants to pay thousands of dollars so groups with ulterior motives can hold team members as a captive audience.”
“This is especially inappropriate considering that it would raise operating expenses dramatically, and since the $20 fast food minimum wage took effect, more than 1,150 restaurants have shut down in the City of Los Angeles,” the association wrote in its letter.
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