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Working Lunch

Working Lunch is a podcast from Align Public Strategies devoted to explaining the so what and now what about key issues impacting the restaurant and retail industries.

Leadership

What the results of Tuesday's elections could mean for restaurants

 By Peter Romeo on Nov. 13, 2023

Working Lunch: Among the industry's concerns should be Democrats' embrace of abortion rights as their party's issue. The importance of the matter to voters could usher more anti-business progressives into office.

Workforce

California's wage law could pave the way for $18 Big Macs

 By Peter Romeo on Nov. 06, 2023

Working Lunch: A McDonald's in Connecticut is already charging that much for a combo featuring the signature sandwich. Might that become the threshold in the industry's largest restaurant market?

Workforce

Can the redefinition of 'joint employer' be stopped?

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 30, 2023

Working Lunch: The National Labor Relations Board's controversial move is likely to be challenged immediately in court. The franchise community is also likely to push for use of the Congressional Review Act. But will either effort succeed?

Operations

How a new carbon footprint disclosure law in Calif. will affect restaurants

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 24, 2023

Working Lunch: Townsend Brown, policy analyst with Multistate, joins the podcast to discuss the law. Also, the restaurant industry may have beaten back another tip credit proposal.

Operations

Why the FTC is coming after restaurant service charges

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 16, 2023

Working Lunch: The podcast from public affairs firm Align Public Strategies features a discussion on Biden’s “junk fees” proposal and more on the tip credit.

Operations

A small NYC board game concept tests new labor organizing rules

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 09, 2023

Working Lunch: This week's podcast from Align Public Strategies features a discussion on a unionization effort at Hex and Co., a three-unit cafe-game concept out of New York. Also, how the GOP meltdown could affect small business.

Workforce

What can Congress do to ease restaurants' labor struggles?

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 02, 2023

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

How Chicago restaurants got burned by their own advocate

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 22, 2023

Working Lunch: The Illinois Restaurant Association threw in the towel without so much as making a fist.

Workforce

Restaurants might have dodged a bullet with DOL's overtime-pay proposal. Here's why.

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 08, 2023

Working Lunch: Restaurants will feel the impact, but the new rules could have been far worse.

Workforce

Here's what last week's change in union regulations could mean for all restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 28, 2023

Working Lunch: "This fundamentally changes labor relations in the U.S," says host Franklin Coley.

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