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09/26/2021

🎙️ Check out the latest featuring Mason Harrison of REEF who will share the company's leading role to address new consumer preferences and advances in technology that are rapidly changing business models and operations. Hosted by: Joe Kefauver and Franklin Coley of | Powered by Nation's Restaurant News
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The times they are a-changin’ in the restaurant world as changes in consumer preferences and advances in technology are drastically altering business models and restaurant operations. We sit down with

09/20/2021

An article by Peter Romeo in Restaurant Business discusses why Starbucks’ situation in could provide some topspin.

"This is the first time we’ve seen this explosion in organizing jump to a major chain. For that reason alone, it is significant. If the [labor] organizing committee there should win, it will generate headlines and create momentum. Win or lose, they’re going to create buzz and momentum.” - Franklin Coley, Align Public Strategies



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Labor experts believe the effort to organize the chain's employees in Buffalo is an example of a new type of activism that could spread to

09/17/2021

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Another group of coffee shops - this time in Cambridge, Massachusetts - has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking union representation. This is the latest example of the upt

09/13/2021

On the latest episode of the , Phil Wilson, President & General Counsel of the Labor Relations Institute shares his expert insight into what's happening with the significant union organizing efforts at Starbucks in Buffalo, NY.
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Starbucks is facing a significant union organizing effort in Buffalo, but unlike recent campaigns, this one is not run by a local independent union but by allies of the SEIU itself. Phil Wilson, Presi

09/11/2021

NEW EPISODE: This week on the we'll share how the wine and spirits industry is stepping up to the plate, taking concrete action to address and prevent sexual harassment. Deborah Brenner, Founder and CEO of Women of the Vine & Spirits and Chris Swonger, President & CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States share the details of their partnership with RAINN and training programs. Listen here:

Starbucks is facing a significant union organizing effort in Buffalo, but unlike recent campaigns, this one is not run by a local independent union but by allies of the SEIU itself. Phil Wilson, Presi

08/27/2021

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The unions had a big week as a Midwest chain of coffee shops lost a close union vote this week, the latest in a series of successful organizing campaigns in the upper Midwest blue wall states. Is the

08/20/2021

✨ On the latest episode of the 🎙️, Mike Saltsman of Berman & Company joins the team to share his expertise on what the future looks like for Big Labor and what it means for business owners.
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The AFL-CIO makes its choice today to name Richard Trumpka’s interim successor and all indications are that Liz Shuler, Trumpka’s loyal right hand, will get the nod making her the first woman to ever

08/09/2021

Plus, a look at restaurants and vaccination policies

08/06/2021

Sean Kennedy, EVP of Public Affairs, for the National Restaurant Association joins us on the to help us sort out the state of play with regard to the package, why the Association supports it, & what may be next that impacts bottom lines of operators. Powered by: Nation's Restaurant News - Listen now

Masks and vaccinations are the story of the week with Governor’s squabbling with the President, Governor’s squabbling with each other, attorneys general squabbling with Mayor’s and once again, operato

08/04/2021

On most issues, these factions are usually at odds with each other. But on infrastructure, they managed to find common ground, united by their belief that the investments in an infrastructure package would strengthen economy. https://bit.ly/3lt91Dd

Business and labor found common ground, united by their belief that an infrastructure package would strengthen economy.

08/04/2021

Facing renewed pandemic restrictions, and with encouragement from government leaders, a growing number of the country’s biggest companies have been embracing employee vaccine mandates. https://nyti.ms/3CqfXXQ

Walmart’s mandate applies to office workers and traveling managers but not to store and warehouse employees. Disney said it had begun conversations with unions to expand its requirement.

08/04/2021

New recycling obligations could cause companies to pull out of those states or pass on costs to consumers, industry members say.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — States across the U.S. are looking to adopt new recycling regimes that require producers of packaging to pay for its inevitable disposal — but industry is digging in to try to halt the movement.