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Other California industries are grousing about the state's new fast-food wage

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 06, 2024

Employers in other fields say they're feeling intense pressure to raise pay. Plus, they want to see a break from the pro-labor legislation of the last decade or more.

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Union group urges New York to make ending the tip credit a campaign issue

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 05, 2024

One Fair Wage said its research shows young residents would be more likely to vote if the issue hung in the balance.

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Another fine-dining star faces unionization, stoking fears of a Starbucks-like organizing blitz

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 03, 2024

Working Lunch: "We may be on the verge of having an organizing effort in the fine-dining segment."

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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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