California raised fast food wages to $20 per hour. What's the impact, one month in?

At the beginning of April a new law took effect in California, raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour. The move was lauded as a step towards better living standards for workers.

Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes checks in with Roben Farzad, host of public radio’s “Full Disclosure”, on the ramifications as companies contemplate pushing up prices, even if the wages have only minimally hurt their bottom line.

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