Labor
The Easy Way Restaurateurs Can Pay Workers a Good Wage… And Why It Will Never Work In The US
Forbes 5/22
M.I.T. publishes a “Living Wage Calculator” that determines what is “a minimum subsistence wage for persons living in the United States.”
California’s unemployment rate rises to 4.5%; 67,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs
The Center Square 5/19
(The Center Square) – Job growth rebounded in California recently. Employers added 67,000 nonfarm new hires between March and April.
Food Industry Policy
The Left Wages War on Restaurants
Wall Street Journal 5/21
New York made headlines recently by becoming the first state to ban gas stoves in any new buildings.
Will Supreme Court duck latest foie gras fight? Why farmers claim California ban crosses a line
USA Today 5/20
WASHINGTON − Sometimes the same issue crops up again and again on the Supreme Court’s docket − Obamacare, for instance, or immunity for police officers accused of excessive force.
On the Side
Family of Fresno restaurateurs honored for Italian restaurants. ‘Let no one outwork you’
Fresno Bee 5/21
Think about some of the best Italian restaurants in town and chances are, the LaRocca family had something to do with them.
S.F. restaurant apologizes after backlash for hosting secretive anti-trans event
San Francisco Chronicle 5/20
After COVID-19 changed the world, stay at home orders and safety precautions decimated the restaurant industry. Governors across almost all 50 states, including Florida, issued emergency executive orders changing the status-quo of the treatment of “to-go beverages.”
