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Despite closures and traffic challenges, restaurants keep adding jobs

 By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 10, 2025

The industry added 29,800 jobs in December, according to new federal data released Friday, as hiring and wage growth normalized.

Workforce

McDonald's is ending some of its DEI goals

 By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 06, 2025

The fast-food giant said it will no longer set “aspirational representation goals” and will no longer require suppliers to sign DEI pledges, but it said it remains committed to inclusion.

Workforce

Sysco employees say they're set to strike in Houston—and possibly elsewhere

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 20, 2024

The walkout would affect a host of restaurants in the market, including local units of The Cheesecake Factory, Jersey Mike's, Jimmy John's, Pappas Restaurants and the Buc-ee's c-store chain, according to the local Teamsters chapter planning the strike.

Workforce

Union organizing Starbucks calls for a 3-city strike

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 20, 2024

Starbucks Workers United is urging baristas in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Chicago to walk off their jobs Friday and continue the job action until Christmas Eve. It cited a dislike of new CEO Brian Niccol as a key reason.

Operations

Restaurants have had their share of true-crime horrors, including these

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 19, 2024

Restaurant Rewind: We dip into the industry's crime files to look at two of the most haunting cases, the Brown's Chicken and Speedway murders.

Workforce

Union struggle spills into Starbucks headquarters

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 18, 2024

Reality Check: Starbucks Workers United has organized the home office's store. And now it looks as if an actual strike may be coming.

Workforce

6 anvils likely to dangle over restaurateurs' heads in 2025

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 18, 2024

Everyone has a conviction about what’s ahead for the industry in the New Year. But it’s the uncertainties—the what-ifs—that should be top of mind.

Workforce

Starbucks baristas authorize their union to call a strike

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 17, 2024

The threat of a walkout at 525 stores provides Starbucks Workers Union with additional leverage as it negotiates a new contract with management.

Workforce

Job-stayers are seeing better wage growth than job-jumpers

By Lisa Jennings on Dec. 17, 2024

A report from payroll service provider ADP indicates that employer investments in retention are paying off for workers in leisure and hospitality.

Workforce

Los Angeles approves a $30 hourly wage for airport restaurant workers

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 12, 2024

The minimum wage will rise to that level in increments by 2028, in time for the Olympics. Workers at several dozen hotels around LAX will also be entitled to the higher wage.

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