Tag: franchise

California fast food workers hail wage hike, franchise owners worried

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]