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Working Lunch

Working Lunch is a podcast from Align Public Strategies devoted to explaining the so what and now what about key issues impacting the restaurant and retail industries.

Workforce

Trump's promise to end taxes on tips could put Democrats on their heels

 By Peter Romeo on Jun. 24, 2024

Working Lunch: The effort may be more of a feint, but it's a visible test of the pro-labor party's true commitment to boosting worker incomes.

Workforce

Here's what the presidential candidates are promising for the restaurant business

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 17, 2024

Working Lunch: Both Trump and Biden are pledging moves that the industry would readily feel.

Operations

How Michigan restaurants beat back a minimum-wage ballot measure

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 10, 2024

Working Lunch: Justin Winslow, CEO of the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association, joins the podcast to talk about his group’s successful fight against a state ballot initiative.

Workforce

Another fine-dining star faces unionization, stoking fears of a Starbucks-like organizing blitz

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 03, 2024

Working Lunch: "We may be on the verge of having an organizing effort in the fine-dining segment."

Workforce

A regulatory change promises to make the unionization of restaurants even easier

By Peter Romeo on May 29, 2024

Working Lunch: The new process is already being used against single-unit operations.

Workforce

Organized labor blasts fast-food chains for employing inmates

By Peter Romeo on May 23, 2024

Working Lunch: Unions say they want the practice stopped. But their real aim is to alienate the Black community.

Workforce

Labor is testing whether California's new fast-food wage-setting process would work elsewhere

By Peter Romeo on May 13, 2024

Working Lunch: Minneapolis is essentially testing the portability of the controversial Golden State model.

Financing

The odds for keeping delivery fees and large-party gratuities aren't looking good

By Peter Romeo on May 01, 2024

Working Lunch: The Biden administration doesn't get that those aren't true "junk fees."

Workforce

Restaurants are already bracing for a wave of wage-related ballot measures in November

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 15, 2024

Working Lunch: The trend promises to cost employers plenty of money and sweat if they hope to prevail.

Operations

Why restaurants should take advantage of a portable benefits program

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 08, 2024

Working Lunch: The podcast from Align Public Strategies features a discussion of a portable benefits pilot program as well as the media uproar over California’s $20 fast food wage.

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