Episode 240: The NRA Has New Leadership.

The National Restaurant Association has a new leader and we’ll discuss her background, her impressive resume, and the big job she has ahead of her. And the number of Starbucks units being organized topped 100 this week and the company has begun punching back a little bit. We’ll discuss their messaging, their timing, and the lessens other companies can learn from their actions going forward. And MIT, yes that MIT, has released a new study equating increases in minimum wages to increases in voting participation. We’ll take a look at that study and see what it might mean for the wage conversation going forward. We’ll discuss those issues and wrap it up with the legislative scorecard.