$30 minimum wage for LA hotel workers to proceed despite industry pushback
The referendum signatures filed by the coalition of business and hospitality groups were found insufficient by the LA County Registrar. That means the referendum of the $30 minimum wage for hotel workers will proceed and will not go to the voters. After business groups filed their signatures to qualify the referendum, labor unions organized a signature withdrawal campaign getting voters that signed the referendum petition to withdraw their signatures, which impacted the number of qualified signatures according to the Registrar’s office. The business community is preparing to push back.
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Supreme Court allows immigration agents to resume ‘roving patrols’ in LA, siding with Trump
In an emergency docket ruling of 6-3, SCOTUS allowed the Trump Administration to continue “roving patrols” and detain people based on their jobs, appearance, and language.
According to statements by the McDonald’s CEO, the corporation is breaking with the association over their support of tip-credit policies. The National Restaurant Association has always supported policies that allowed employers with tipped employees to pay a lower minimum wage that is offset by their tip wages.
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