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More restaurants could face union activity

 By Restaurant Business Staff on May 02, 2022

Working Lunch: The podcast includes a discussion on potential help for the industry from Congress and the Administration and growing unionization efforts. Jack in the Box could be pulled into the fray.

Workforce

Starbucks says union 'agents' are harassing non-supportive guests and employees

 By Peter Romeo on Apr. 28, 2022

The chain has asked federal labor regulators to halt the intimidation as relations between Starbucks and the union continue to sour.

Leadership

What restaurant execs can learn from Disney's battle with Florida

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 25, 2022

Sticking to its political policies has put the entertainment giant at odds with Gov. DeSantis. Was the turmoil worth it?

Workforce

Starbucks faces sanctions for firing union organizers

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 25, 2022

Regulators say the chain appears to have violated federal rules when it fired seven pro-union baristas in Tennessee.

Operations

Philly's mask mandate is dropped on Day 4

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 22, 2022

Health officials say the precaution is now unnecessary because of a sharp and unexpected drop in hospitalizations.

Operations

Pressure builds to end restaurants' use of polystyrene to-go containers

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 22, 2022

More jurisdictions are prohibiting restaurants from using non-compostable or reusable packaging and utensils.

Operations

In a political swipe, Florida legislature ends Disney's self-regulation

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 21, 2022

The entertainment giant is losing the 55-year-old privilege of functioning as the government of its holdings in the middle part of the state.

Workforce

Regulators consider a way to ease restaurants' unionization

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 18, 2022

Working Lunch: All that's needed would be a majority of employees signing a document, a process known as card check.

Operations

Starbucks and Amazon consider pivots in their union-pushback strategy

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 08, 2022

Working Lunch: Joe Kefauver and Franklin Coley from Align Public Strategies discuss the giants’ union issues. They also talk EEOC and a candidate for Massachusetts AG.

Financing

As drive-thru sales surge, so do conflicts with neighbors

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 08, 2022

A Chick-fil-A in Santa Barbara is in danger of being declared a public nuisance because of backups. But that is not the only such conflict. Here’s what restaurants are doing to ease these problems.

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