Posts tagged Restaurant Workers

    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Strike Unions

    Op-Ed: Disney Cast Members Set to Strike Over Wages

    November 7, 2022 // Contract negotiations failed when Disney refused to go above its proposed $1 per hour wage increase. The union has been asking for a $ 5-an-hour increase that would take place over the next three years. The state of negotiations is not known at this time. It is possible that the strike is being used as a negotiation tactic, which is not unusual when negotiations seem to be stalling.

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    News Article ● Labor Unionization

    Workers at Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project brewpub file petition to form union

    May 23, 2022 // Employees at the Crux Fermentation Project brewpub in Bend say they want to have a say in decisions that affect them. A petition was filed recently, seeking to unionize about 20 restaurant workers, though not the company's beer-making brewery employees.

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    Union-backed Activists Push $15 In New Report, But Restaurant Workers Still Don’t Agree

    April 11, 2022 // The report itself calls for a “universal $15 minimum wage.” But actual tipped restaurant employees disagree with this policy – and actively oppose movements to eliminate local, state, and federal tip credits. Why?

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