By Nathan Frandino and Dylan Bouscher SAN JOSE/HAYWARD April 2 (Reuters) – About half a million workers at California fast food chains began receiving a $20-an-hour minimum wage on Monday, and the increase had some small business owners questioning their future, even as workers said the raise helps pay the bills. The pay boost, from […]
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Feeling like peach cobbler for dessert? This Southern franchise just opened in Apex
There are few places in Apex open late enough to satisfy late-night, sweet-tooth cravings. With the opening of its second Triangle location, The Peach Cobbler Factory hopes to change that. The dessert shop opened at 1071 Pine Plaza Drive in Apex, next to Crumbl Cookies, which opened last year. It’s open from 11 a.m. to […]
Keep DART going with a higher Des Moines franchise fee
The gap between revenue and expenses at the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority has a thousand authors. They’ve all seen the trouble coming for years, but decision makers have not agreed on a sustainable path forward. The result is likely to be a significant service reduction in central Iowa later this year, with the […]
Mark Cuban Doles Out $35 Million In Bonuses To Dallas Mavericks Employees After Selling Majority Stake In The Franchise
Mark Cuban made news in 2023 by announcing he was ending his tenure on “Shark Tank” and then closed out the year by selling a share of his Dallas Mavericks National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise for $3.5 billion. He also rewarded his loyal employees with the Mavericks by paying them bonuses worth $35 million after […]
US House votes to repeal labor board rule on contract, franchise workers
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to repeal a federal labor board rule set to take effect in February that would treat companies as the employers of many contract and franchise workers and require them to bargain with those workers’ unions. The House voted 206-177 to nix […]