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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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Restaurant coalition sues to block broadened eligibility for overtime pay from taking effect July 1

By Peter Romeo on May 23, 2024

Restaurant trade groups and other business organizations have filed the action in the same court that struck down a similar change in the rules in 2017.

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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 servers and bartenders sound off on efforts to kill the tip credit

By Peter Romeo on May 22, 2024

The Ohio Restaurant & Hospitality Alliance airs research showing tipped employees are as opposed as their employers are.

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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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The White House has ideas about how all that AI on the Show floor should be used

By Peter Romeo on May 17, 2024

Reality Check: President Biden issued a set of guidelines Thursday for protecting workers from the digital onslaught.

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