Episode 154: Unions Targeting National Restaurant Brands at Airports

The labor community has intensified its efforts to get a foothold in the restaurant industry. The target? Airports and the concessionaires who operate there. We’ll discuss the status of their campaign and how brands need to prepare. And big companies across the business spectrum are pulling out of longtime trade association relationships over disputes in issue management strategies. How can traditional trade associations address the changing marketplace of public affairs issue management? And non-disclosure agreements with regard to sexual harassment are at the center of the Democratic primary contest. What does the escalation of the conversation mean to large employers and how they should prepare. We’ll talk about those stories and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.