Panera franchisee’s Gavin Newsom payoff to skirt minimum wage law shows woke policy’s a bake & fake

New York Post

By Post Editorial Board
Published Feb. 29, 2024, 11:37 a.m. ET

Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom fights for fast-food workers’ rights … unless their bosses donate big to his campaign, like billionaire Panera Bread franchise owner Greg Flynn.

How else to explain the bizarre carveout in California’s $20-an-hour fast-food minimum wage, letting restaurants that bake and sell bread as a standalone item dodge the blow of this law?

The loophole stinks like a three-day-old Filet O’Fish.

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