After peaking earlier this summer, unionizing efforts at Starbucks stores across the country have seemed to slow down over the past few months, but the broader effort to organize within the QSR industry continues. Most recently, two locations of California-based Peets Coffee filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for union representation elections. The…
Read More »Their hypocrisy is championship caliber, as a chapter of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in California – in fact, Local 2015, one of the largest local within SEIU – has been quite aggressive in trying to bust the union of its own staff members. About 95% of the union workers voted to authorize a…
Read More »File under Life after Dunkin’. We noted an interesting staffing announcement at the beginning of last month by SharkNinja, apparently a leading producer of small household appliances. The Massachusetts based company announced the appointment of Paul Carbone as the Chief Financial Officer effective November 7. Carbone served as Chief Financial Officer for Dunkin’ Brands for…
Read More »At long last, it appears the final votes have all been counted and notwithstanding many predictions of a major ‘red wave’ coming in the 2022 midterms, the results were anything but. Despite the history of midterm elections always costing the party occupying the White House, democrats held on to the majority in the Senate and…
Read More »Toward that end, President Biden has officially nominated a new Commissioner to head up the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The name of Danny Werfel, the head of Boston Consulting Group’s global public sector practice, was sent to the US Senate for confirmation as the new IRS Commissioner. If confirmed by the Senate, Werfel will take…
Read More »Illinois will become the first state to ban “right to work” laws after voters approved the ballot measure constitutionally securing the right of workers to unionize and bargain collectively. The Illinois Constitution allows for two methods by which an amendment can be added: be approved with 60% or greater margin, or collect more a simple…
Read More »Save Local Restaurants, a coalition consisting of the International Franchise Association (IFA) along with the National Restaurant Association (NRA) and the U.S Chamber of Commerce is rapidly approaching a critical deadline for its ballot initiative to repeal the so-called FAST Act (Fast-food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act). After the FAST Act was signed into law…
Read More »Yesterday, Starbucks Workers United organized a one-day strike at over 110 unionized stores across 25 states around the country. According to a statement from the union, the strikes were said to be in retaliation for Starbucks’ anti-union activities, their previous efforts to defeat the unionizing efforts, and delays in scheduling bargaining sessions. Company spokespeople have…
Read More »Earlier this month, a number of major business associations – led by the United States Chamber of Commerce – filed a federal lawsuit challenging a ban on captive audience meetings in the Constitution State. A Connecticut law prohibits employers from requiring employee attendance at “captive audience” meetings where the employer shares their opinion on broadly…
Read More »The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported last week that the real average hourly earning for all employees decreased 0.1 percent from September to October, seasonally adjusted. The result stems from an increase of 0.4 percent in average hourly earning combined with an increase of 0.4 percent in the CPI combined with no change…
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