Restaurant franchisees say they're the real losers of California's $20 fast-food minimum wage. AdvertisementFranchisees say they have to bear the brunt of California's new $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers. But the $20 wage applies to both corporate-owned and franchise restaurants, even if the franchisee just owns one or two restaurants. She added that the new $20 wage felt like an "unfair target on our backs." "You're going to have to have the mega owners as they're called, or 20 stores, a hundred stores, 500 outlets.

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