News Channel 5 Article RatingCalifornia to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour
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The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.
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| "The raise takes effect on April 1 and applies to workers at restaurants that have at least 60 locations nationwide -- with an exception for restaurants that make and sell their own bread, like Panera Bread." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "That raise wouldn't apply to doctors and nurses, but to most everyone else who works at hospitals, dialysis clinics or other health care facilities." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "That's below the California Poverty Measure for a family of four, a statistic calculated by the Public Policy Institute of California and the Stanford Center on Poverty and Equality that accounts for housing costs and publicly-funded benefits." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "The law creates a fast food council that has the power to increase that wage each year through 2029 by 3.5" | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Cheering fast food workers and labor leaders gathered around Newsom as he signed the bill at an event in Los Angeles." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "Newsom's signature on Thursday reflects the power and influence of labor unions in the nation's most populous state, which have worked to organize fast food workers in an attempt to improve their wages and working conditions." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "The Newsom administration has estimated the wage increase would cost the state billions of dollars in increased payments to health care providers." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "California fast food workers will be paid at least $20 per hour next year under a new law signed Thursday by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "But unlike the fast food wage increase -- which Newsom helped negotiate -- the governor has not said if he would sign the raise for health care workers." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "This is a big deal, Newsom said." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
55% : The raise takes effect on April 1 and applies to workers at restaurants that have at least 60 locations nationwide -- with an exception for restaurants that make and sell their own bread, like Panera Bread.53% : That raise wouldn't apply to doctors and nurses, but to most everyone else who works at hospitals, dialysis clinics or other health care facilities.
47% : That's below the California Poverty Measure for a family of four, a statistic calculated by the Public Policy Institute of California and the Stanford Center on Poverty and Equality that accounts for housing costs and publicly-funded benefits.
46% : The law creates a fast food council that has the power to increase that wage each year through 2029 by 3.5% or the change in averages for the U.S. Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers, whichever is lower.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.