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Politics of inequality to challenge restaurants in 2014Politics of inequality to challenge restaurants in 2014

National conversation on income gap will create issues for the industry

Joe Kefauver, Managing Partner

January 17, 2014

5 Min Read
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Traditional labor unions, quasi-union worker centers and their allies in elected office are in the midst of a multiyear campaign to achieve wage and benefit victories for groups of workers they hope to organize. The effort kicked off with the chain restaurant rallies in November 2012 in New York and will reach a crescendo with this November’s midterm elections – which will include a number of Democrat-friendly ballot initiatives intended to drive labor voters to the polls. And like any well-planned campaign, this effort has an overarching theme that guides its message: eliminating economic inequality. Clearly a laudable goal,...

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Joe Kefauver

Managing Partner, Parquet Public Affairs

http://www.parquetpa.com/

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