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Fast-food workers plead for predictable schedules and 'know your rights' trainings
Summary
Fast-food workers and organizers testified in support of the Fast Food Fair Work ordinance, urging the council to require predictable scheduling, notice protections, and worker training. Multiple workers recounted unstable schedules, firings and unpaid wages.
A series of fast-food workers and organizers addressed the Los Angeles City Council during public comment asking the council to pass the Fast Food Fair Work ordinance, which they said would create stable scheduling, protections from retaliation and "know your rights" trainings for fast-food employees.
Speakers included current and former fast-food employees who described scheduling practices that leave workers without advance notice or ability to plan, and in some cases cited termination after requesting time off. Dennis Oguosimako (speaker 57) and Jai Harris (speaker 62) said predictable schedules and protections from abrupt shift changes are essential to workers’ ability to plan and avoid hardship. Several speakers urged the council to ensure ordinance language included enforcement and employer-provided rights training.
Organizers said municipal action is needed because corporate franchise practices and shrinking federal support have left local workers vulnerable. Speakers also tied the ordinance to broader calls for labor protections and to prior organizing actions, including strikes and Cal/OSHA complaints, that they said have yielded incremental improvements but need a legal backstop.
Council staff accepted testimony for the public record. The transcript for this session records substantial testimony but does not record a final Council vote on the ordinance at this meeting; advocates said they will continue pushing for committee and council action.
