Labor
Signature Gathering Starts for Measure to Overturn Union-Backed Fast Food Law
Times of San Diego 9/21
The ink on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature on Assembly Bill 257 regulating California’s fast food industry is barely dry, but a referendum to overturn the law has already been cleared for signature gathering.
Once Upon a Time, “Waitress” Was a Union Job. Could History Repeat Itself?
Slate 9/20
It was August 2019, and while the Red Sox weren’t having the best season, every bar within walking distance of Fenway Park got absolutely crushed on game days: lines around the corner before we opened, lines three and four people deep on all sides, a service-ticket printer that ran nonstop.
Food Industry Policy
California Gov. Newsom vetoes bill to set recycled content standards for plastic thermoforms
Waste Dive 9/20
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed AB 2784, a bill that would have set recycled content standards for thermoform food containers.
S.F. lost more than half its restaurant jobs during the pandemic
San Francisco Chronicle 9/21
The first months of 2021 were dismal at San Francisco’s storied House of Prime Rib.
On the Side
The robots are here. And they are making you fries.
Washington Post 9/20
At the end of July, a Jack in the Box in Chula Vista, Calif., got a new employee
Inflation Hits the Market Basket
Comstock’s Magazine 9/20
In agricultural communities, adapting to change comes with the work.
