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A regulatory change promises to make the unionization of restaurants even easier

 By Peter Romeo on May 29, 2024

Working Lunch: The new process is already being used against single-unit operations.

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Organized labor blasts fast-food chains for employing inmates

 By Peter Romeo on May 23, 2024

Working Lunch: Unions say they want the practice stopped. But their real aim is to alienate the Black community.

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The tip credit survives a legislative challenge in Illinois

By Peter Romeo on May 22, 2024

Proponents of killing the credit acknowledged this week that legislation outlawing the employer concession is virtually dead for this year.

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Ohio restaurants try a jujitsu move to protect their tip credit

By Peter Romeo on May 20, 2024

The industry and its allies are pushing legislation that would raise the state's minimum wage to $15 but keep the credit. The move is intended to thwart an effort to both raise the wage and kill the credit through a ballot initiative.

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Labor is testing whether California's new fast-food wage-setting process would work elsewhere

By Peter Romeo on May 13, 2024

Working Lunch: Minneapolis is essentially testing the portability of the controversial Golden State model.

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Negotiations between Starbucks and its employees' union are set to begin

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 22, 2024

Simultaneously, the coffee chain's U.S. Supreme Court case commences Tuesday. It challenges certain of the NLRB's regulatory policies.

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Franchisors ask Biden to pull the plug on a broadened joint-employer definition

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 11, 2024

Following a Senate vote to scuttle the new franchising standard, opponents are hoping to avert a presidential veto.

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Labor strife is still high as California's landmark fast-food wage law takes effect

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 29, 2024

With all the last-minute sniping by members, the next meeting of the Fast Food Council promises to be a doozy.

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With the tip credit falling, full-service D.C. restaurants cut 3,700 jobs

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 25, 2024

The 12% reduction compares with layoffs of 1.7% for limited-service places, according to federal data.

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There's another big restaurant chain in organized labor's sights

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 25, 2024

Reality Check: The union behind California's $20 fast-food wage is now pushing Waffle House for a $25 pay floor and a change in its employee meal policies. But all restaurant employers should be concerned.

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