EMPLOYMENT SALARIES WAGES EARNINGS PAY COMPENSATION BENEFITS MINIMUM WAGE : RESTAURANTS: FAST FOOD : POVERTY : ORGANIZATIONS: NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION: The Other NRA

[David P. Dillard]

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EMPLOYMENT: SALARIES WAGES EARNINGS PAY COMPENSATION BENEFITS: MINIMUM
WAGE :

RESTAURANTS: FAST FOOD :

POVERTY :

ORGANIZATIONS: NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION:

The Other NRA

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The Other NRA

August 30, 2013

by Steven Rosenfeld

http://billmoyers.com/2013/08/30/the-other-nra/

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In June, the National Restaurant Association boasted that its lobbyists
had stopped minimum wage increases in 27 out of 29 states in 2013. In
Connecticut, which increased its state minimum wage, a raise in the base
pay for tipped workers such as waitresses and bartenders vanished in the
final bill. A similar scenario unfolded in New York State: It increased
its minimum wage, but the NRAs last-minute lobbying derailed raising the
pre-tip wage at restaurants and bars. The deals came despite polls showing
80 percent support for raising the minimum wage.

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The NRAs lobbying didnt stop there. It also told members that it blocked a
dozen states this year from passing laws that would require earned paid
sick leave, which is what New York City and Portland, Oregon adopted.
Meanwhile, it boasted that six states, including Florida, passed
NRA-backed laws that preemptively ban localities from granting earned and
paid employee sick time.

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These are horrible things, but there are amazing things that are happening
to change it, said Saru Jayaraman, co-director and co-founder of the
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC), which has been working a
dozen years to slowly change the industrys exploitive business model and
labor practices. And there will be increasingly important stuff coming up.

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As fast-food workers across the country prepare for a second nationwide
walkout over wages on Thursday, most Americans have little idea how
profitable and politically aggressive the corporate mainstays of Americas
second biggest employer have become. While labor activists have had
victories in 2013, such as New York and Portland passing sick leave laws,
and New Jersey poised to raise its minimum wage via a ballot measure this
fall, the restaurant industrys lobbying powerhouse is at war with the
industrys workers.

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Its an old-boy network. Its very old-school thinking. Its very, very
conservative, said Paul Saginaw, founder of Zingermans food companies in
Michigan, which employes 600 people and unlike the NRA, supports better
benefits for employees like healthcare. There has to be some pressure put
out to provide better lives for people.

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Most Americans are unaware that millions of people who work in the
industry especially the 2.5 million fast-food preparers and servers who
earn an average of $8.74 an hour, according to federal labor statistics
are not just teens in their first job, but adults with families to
support. They may not know theres a separate minimum wage for tipped
workers, $2.13 an hour, that hasnt changed in 22 years although 32 states
have raised it slightly. They may not realize that they, as the
restaurant-going public, subsidize owners via cash tips, even as the NRA
routinely tells legislators its industry cannot afford to pay better wages
or basic benefits.


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