'It kills jobs' | Fast food chains fight back against worker pay and rights law

Several of the US’ biggest fast food chains are currently in the midst of attempting to block a California state law setting worker conditions and minimum wages up to $22 an hour for fast-food employees.

Well-known companies such as Chipotle, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, and KFC-owner Yum! Brands each recently donated over $1million to a campaign called ‘Save Local Restaurants’, which opposes the law, and looks to have it overturned.

Other advocacy groups, successful fast-food chains and small restaurant owners have also hit out at the proposed legislation, stating that it damages smaller businesses and increased financial burden.

“This law creates a food tax on consumers, kills jobs, and pushes restaurants out of local communities,” said the Save Local Restaurants coalition, as reported by CNN.