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The Working Lunch — 408 episodes · page 2 of 5
Episode 310: The Labor Community Celebrates The New Joint Employer Standard
Episode 309: Industry Makes Another Strong Statement in Maryland
Episode 308: The Federal Trade Commission Comes After Restaurant Service Charges
Episode 307: NYC Restaurant Chain To Be First Industry Test of New Organizing Rules
Episode 306: Critical Labor Coalition addresses manpower shortage
Episode 305: The Great Chicago Dumpster Fire of 2023
Episode 303: The NLRB May Have Just Made Your Employee Handbooks Obsolete
Episode 302: The NLRB Goes Super Size: Is Card Check Basically the Law of the Land Now?
Episode 301: Supply Chain Facing Changing Legal & Political Landscape Going Forward
Episode 300: No Summer Vacation: The Battle in California Rages On
Episode 299: AI Brings New Legal & Policy Challenges Hiring Managers
Episode 298: SEIU Ups The Ante in California By Exhuming the Industrial Welfare Commission
Episode 297: Republican Attorneys General Take Aim at Fortune 100 on Hiring
Episode 296: Potential Backlash on Service Charges Could Be Coming Soon
Episode 295: Lawmakers Get The Message: The Public Loves Alcohol-to-Go
Episode 294: Wage & Standards Boards Are Forcing Collective Action Without Collective Bargaining
Episode 293: Chik-fil-A Gets Attacked Politically…. From the Right!
Episode 292: Industry Opponents Ramp Up The Pressure on Child Labor
Episode 291: Independent Contractors Make Gains Toward Right to Organize
Episode 290: Supreme Court Affirms California’s Humane Pork Law
Episode 289: Child-labor violations are giving restaurants an even darker black eye
Episode 288: Could Amazon and Google Union Woes Open Joint Employer Doors?
Episode 287: Campaign to Eliminate Natural Gas in Restaurants Flames Out
Episode 286: Corporate Sustainability Initiatives - Good PR Today, Good Business Tomorrow
Episode 285: The Political Dynamics Of Tipping May Be Going The Wrong Way
Episode 284: Mr. Schultz Goes To Washington
Episode 283: Starbucks Union Unveils Contract Demands
Episode 282: Credit Card Interchange Fee War Hits State Capitols
Episode 281: It’s Official: Schultz vs. Sanders
Episode 280: Sanders To Subpoena Howard Schultz
Episode 279: The Wall Street Journal Hits Back On IRS Tipping Proposal
Episode 278: The Internal Revenue Service Joins The Campaign Against Tipping
Episode 277: One Fair Wage Turns Up The Heat On The Industry
Episode 276: States Start Rolling Out Fast Act Copycats
Episode 275: What the New York Times missed in its story on ServSafe
Episode 274: 2023 Outlook: The NRA’s Sean Kennedy Discusses The FAST Act Litigation in California
Episode 273: What Did The Industry Learn From The Minimum Wage Ballot Initiatives
Episode 271: The Election is Here! We Discuss the Key Races Issues and Initiatives
Episode 270: Industry Preparing For Battle With The Booze Lobby
Episode: 269: SEC Climate Rule Nears Finalization. Big Companies Beware.
Episode: 268: New Study Shows Increasing Political Tension Inside Workplaces
Episode: 267: Starbucks Finally Comes To The Table. Or Do They?
Episode: 266: Conservative Activist Investors Target “Woke” Corporations
Episode: 265: FAST ACT Fallout: Which States Are Next?
Episode: 264: Interview with Fat Brands CEO Andy Wiederhorn and NRA's Michelle Korsmo
Episode 262: Window for Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation Closing Quickly
Episode 261: Industry Notches Big Win in California Pay Disclosure Battle
Episode 260: Industry Continues to Flex its Muscle in Washington, DC.
Episode 259: Republicans Up Their Attacks On Woke Investment Firms
Episode 258: Critics Opening Up Attacks on Chipotle over Recent Closures
Episode 257: The CEO Interview: Lance Trenary Joins the Working Lunch Crew
Episode 256: Employers Prepare For A Post Roe V. Wade World Full of Landmines
Episode 255: GOP Escalates Family Feud With Corporate America
Episode 254: Starbucks Workers United creates million dollar fund for striking baristas
Episode 253: SEC Moves Forward With Aggressive Climate Regulations
Episode 252: Amazon & Starbucks Take On The White House
Episode 251: The Industry Fights Back Against The Credit Card Companies
Episode 250: More Brands Find Themselves Facing Organizing Activity
Episode 249: The Growing Rift Between Republicans And Corporate America
Episode 248: NLRB Working to Establish Defacto Card Check
Episode 247: Starbucks & Amazon Considering Major Pivots In Union-Pushback Strategy
Episode 246: Unions Flex Muscles This Week With Big Wins Against Starbucks & Amazon
Episode 245: Boston Becoming Next Major Battleground For Starbucks
Episode 244: Kevin Johnson's Abrupt Departure as Starbucks CEO
Episode 243: McDonald’s Takes Bold Stand in Russia
Episode 242: The Labor Department Announces Bold Plans To Beef Up Wage & Hour Audits
EP 241: Surpassing The 100 Store Mark, Starbucks Finds Itself Fighting Both Their Unions, The NLRB
Episode 240: The NRA Has New Leadership.
Episode 239: Democratic Governors Bail On Biden
Episode 238: The Heat Turns Up On California FAST Act
Episode 237: Infrastructure Spending Could Further Tighten Labor Market
Episode 236: Are the Labor and Supply Chain Issues Scaring Off Industry Investors?
Episode 235: SCOTUS Sidelines the Administration’s Vaccine Mandate
Episode 234: Industry Legislative Agenda for 2022
Episode 233: Boston is the New Battleground for Starbucks
Episode 232: Introducing Starbucks’ New Business Partner in Buffalo: The SEIU
Episode 231: Starbucks Unionization Campaign Spreading to Other Markets
Starbucks Workers Start Casting Ballots For Unionization
Episode 229: OSHA Issues Final Vaccine Mandate - What Does It Mean For Operators?
Episode 228: In-N-Out Pulled Into Political Fray on Vaccines
Episode 227: Restaurant Brands International Commits to Net-Zero Emissions
Episode 226: REEF Technology Is Delivering Structural Change To The Industry
Episode 225: Retailers Winning Battle For Top Employees
Episode 224: SEIU Organizers Steering Union Campaign Against Starbucks Units
Episode 223: Unions Leverage Health And Safety Concerns In Successful Organizing Drive
Episode 222: For Big Labor It’s “Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss”
States & Cities Requiring Masks & Vaccination Passports Turning Restaurants Into Compliance Officers
Episode 220: NRA’s Sean Kennedy Discusses the Impact of the Infrastructure Bills on the Industry
Episode 219: Delta Variant Threatens Restaurant Recovery Process and Poses New Risks for Industry
Episode 218: Core Industry Issues Front And Center in Washington, DC This Week
Episode 217: European-Style Recycling Program Makes Its First Arrival In The U.S.
Episode 216: NRA Policy Head Breaks Down SBA Logjam
Episode 215: Politics Threaten Money Distribution From SBA Restaurant Revitalization Fund
Episode 214: Congress and State Legislators Get Serious About Labor Shortage
Episode 213: New NRA Executive To Streamline State & Federal Coordination
Episode 212: Masks, Protests And Relief Funds - Restaurants Continue To Drive News
Episode 211: Heightened Focus on Critical Race Theory Provides New Challenges to Employers
Episode 210: Labor Shortage Developing Into Political Challenge For Industry
Episode 209: Biden Makes His Case For Significant Federal Expansion
Episode 208: Sens. Manchin & Sanders Face-Off at NRA Public Affairs Conference