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California Red Lobster employees sue chain over mass layoffs

 By Joe Guszkowski on Jun. 14, 2024

A lawsuit alleges that the seafood chain did not give staff enough notice before closing nearly 100 restaurants last month.

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Starbucks wins its Supreme Court union case

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 13, 2024

The nation's highest court agreed that more stringent criteria should have been weighed before a U.S. district court granted an NLRB's petition to stop pro-union employees from being fired.

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Trump woos restaurant workers with a promise to stop taxing tips

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 12, 2024

Government Watch: Waffle House employees win a raise in the wake of union activity, and New York restaurants welcome a limit on reservation scalping.

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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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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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