This week’s Senate passage of the California FAST Recovery Act, AB257, marks a historic breakthrough for workers and state labor policymaking with far-reaching national implications. As EPI and the National Employment Law Project noted in a statement endorsed by forty organizations earlier this year, AB257 “is important for workers across the country and for shaping…

See these vintage McDonald's restaurants - the food, menu boards, uniforms, old ads and retro architecture - starting back when fries were 10 cents in the '50s, to the food concepts of the '90s.

These instructional photos were shown as training materials for new hires at Krystal restaurants during the 1960s. They demonstrate examples for employees of how and how not to present themselves…

Fresh fries, extra meat, free food. These are just a few of the requests that a fast food worker wishes you'd never ask about at a drive-thru window.

Folsom, California - After a pharmacist tells Maria Bernal in January she probably has Covid-19, Bernal goes to the Jack in the Box fast food restaurant where she works with a fever and chills. She can barely read the order screen, she’s so dizzy. To show her manager how sick she is, Bernal places her cold hands on her manager’s face. “Don’t worry, everyone has it, you can still work,” the manager says, according to a complaint filed January 14 with the Sacramento County Public Health department. “Just wear a mask and don’t tell anyone.” Bernal says she worked a double shift that day and continued working with Covid over the next four days. Three of Bernal’s coworkers have joined in the complaint, alleging Covid-related violations of public health guidelines.

Courtesy and cleanliness at Krystal restaurants.

Fast food workers are striking for better wages.

Courtesy and cleanliness at Krystal restaurants.

Courtesy and cleanliness at Krystal restaurants.

Even fast-food workers are signing noncompete clauses and confidentiality agreements. But at what cost?

You can have it your way, but don't get crazy.

Despite high labor costs, restaurants with automation are saving money by retaining employees and increasing their agency within the company.

Why One Fast Food Restaurant Pays Its Workers A Living Wage

Chipotle’s contempt for the lives of its workers is appalling, even by fast-food standards. But there’s finally some good news: New York City is suing the fast-casual chain for nearly half a billion dollars, for 600,000 separate violations of workers’ rights.

Courtesy and cleanliness at Krystal restaurants.

Mostly because working with people is the worst.

Pizza Hut is deploying robotic waiters to its restaurants in Asia.

In 1954, Krystal Company presented a breezy educational film detailing how staff at its Krystal restaurants should behave and dress.