Episode 178: Independent Restaurant Coalition Cofounder and Labor Activists Share Stage at DNC

The Independent Restaurant Coalition and the Restaurant Opportunities Center strengthened their alliance this week with a joint event held in conjunction with the Democratic National Convention. We’ll discuss this budding partnership and the potential impact it may have on the industry’s traditional political and policy agenda. And the franchise business model has once again been pulled into the ongoing debate in California around the reclassification of Uber drivers from independent contractors to regular employees. We’ll discuss what impact this may have on both franchisors and franchisees. And speaking of California, legislation has been introduced to create a wealth tax unlike any we’ve ever seen. We’ll discuss not only the bill itself but the larger impact it may have on the income inequality conversation. We’ll have those stories and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.