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Posts Tagged ‘fast food’

Pending legislation aims to limit restaurants from serving sugary drinks to kids

By Casey Smith | September 3, 2018
Soda and other sugary drinks could soon be removed as the default option in restaurant kids' meals thanks to new legislation.

Senate Bill 1192 would require restaurants to serve unflavored milk or water as the default in kids’ meals.

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Hundreds of workers rally across the East Bay for the “Fight for $15”

By Bonnie Chan | April 16, 2015 | 2

Fast food and low-wage workers in Oakland, Richmond and Berkeley joined a workers’ strike dubbed “Fight for $15” on Wednesday, continuing a two-year-long campaign that calls on fast food chains to institute a $15 minimum wage and the right for workers to unionize without reprisal.

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Using rap and music videos, youth fight fast food addiction

By Pallavi Somusetty | September 17, 2014 | 1
Alexis Johnson, aka L.D.D.B., raps about food justice. Photo courtesy of Muse Video.

Young artists, including rapper Alexis Johnson, create a music video warning fellow youth about the health dangers of fast food.

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