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The Daily Prep List: 1.25.22

Labor

Editorial: The pandemic is still raging and workers still need sick leave protection

Los Angeles Times 1/25

There is a terrible disconnect in California’s pandemic policies. The Omicron variant has fueled a surge in COVID-19 cases and quarantines, prompting millions of Americans to call in sick this month.

Will California Supersize the Bargaining Power of Fast Food Workers?

Capital & Main 1/25

Fast food workers have been heralded by government officials, executives and some doctors as essential workers during the pandemic.

Food Industry Policy

‘You Can’t Recycle Your Way Out’: California’s Plastic Problem and What We Can Do About It

KQED 1/24

Inside Republic Services’ massive recycling facility in Milpitas, an impressive array of high-tech machines sort through a mountain of material from residents’ recycling bins, separating metal from plastic from paper.

Column: No debate on skyrocketing cost of California single-payer bill? So much for good government

Los Angeles Times 1/24

SACRAMENTO  — Things don’t always go as hoped. A prime example is the Democrats’ push for single-payer healthcare legislation.

On The Side

Stars like DJ Khaled and Steve Aoki have Bay Area restaurants now. They’re all uniquely terrible

San Francisco Chronicle 1/24

One fateful day in 1995, pro wrestlers Hulk Hogan, Macho Man Randy Savage and Jimmy Hart gathered in the sleek steel-and-glass rotunda of the Mall of America, in the midst of a screaming crowd and spotlights glaring like precisely cut diamonds.

Meet Cheesecake Factory’s Customer Advocate. He Also Happens To Be The CEO.

Restaurant Business 1/24

Amazon has a policy of including an empty chair in its headquarters meetings to represent the customer. 

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