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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Workforce

Legality of the NLRB challenged in federal court by a Starbucks employee

The action alleges that the board violates the Constitution's separation-of-powers principles.

Workforce

Starbucks asks U.S. Supreme Court to decide on a union issue

The coffee chain wants the nation's highest court to decide if employees were truly dismissed because of their union activities.

Workforce

N.Y. launches program to turn more immigrant asylum seekers into restaurant and hotel workers

Under a new initiative championed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, the state is serving as a matchmaker between the new arrivals and prospective employers.

Financing

Jimmy Buffett wasn't wasting away in Margaritaville

Restaurant Rewind: The pop singer and proponent of a never-ending happy hour was that rare rock star who found nearly as much success in the hospitality business as he did in music. And he did have some company.

Workforce

What can Congress do to ease restaurants' labor struggles?

Working Lunch: A group called the Critical Labor Coalition has some ideas its pushing on the Hill. Here are a few of the would-be aids.

Leadership

Force behind Calif.'s $15 wage is named the state's new U.S. senator

Laphonza Butler comes to the job after spending much of her career leading the SEIU's California chapter.

Workforce

New data shows how bad restaurants' labor plight is getting

The whole foodservice industry will need to fill about 2.6 million vacant positions every year through 2032, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Topics

Starbucks is ordered to give union baristas a pay raise

A court has decided the workers are entitled to the same increase their nonunion colleagues were awarded last year.

Workforce

Calif. Gov. Newsom signs landmark fast-food wage bill into law

The law, a compromise between restaurant and labor groups, will pave the way for a $20 minimum wage for 557,000 fast-food workers in the state on April 1, followed by annual wage hikes.

Workforce

How the deal on Calif.'s fast-food wages came about

Squeezed between two bad possibilities, the industry negotiated what proponents say is an acceptable middle-ground compromise.

Workforce

Las Vegas F&B workers vote to strike

Members of the Culinary and Bartenders Unions gave their leaders a green light for a walkout if negotiations continue to stagnate.

Workforce

NYC cafe chain will be a test of a new unionization process

Employers will need to be more active—and careful—under the new protocol that went into effect last month.

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