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Minimum wage opponents warn of robots, false economic logic
Bob Bacon, Gregg’s Restaurants Rep David Bennett’s bill to increase the Rhode Island minimum wage to $10.10 from its current $9 would be the fourth time in four years that the lowest earning Rhode...
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Restaurant workers and owners wrestle over tip theft
Rep. Aaron Regunberg House Bill 5363 which attempts to curb tip theft in the service industry and give employees additional power to combat the practice, was introduced by Representative Aaron...
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Working for tips in Rhode Island
At the State House hearing for the wage theft bill and for the bill to raise the minimum wage we heard a lot from members and leaders of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association. At the wage theft bill...
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Raimondo supports a $10.10 minimum wage
Gina Raimondo Governor Gina Raimondo announced her support of bills in the General Assembly that would raise the minimum wage in Rhode Island to $10.10 an hour at a press conference held at the United...
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Tipped minimum wage increase debated at the State House
Representative Regunberg A large coalition to raise the tipped minimum wage was launched at the State House with a press conference and public testimony on House Bill 5364. Representative Aaron...
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Business owner: Restaurants can absorb reasonable tipped minimum wage increase
Rhode Islanders who want to see both the regular and tipped minimum wage increased by the General Assembly this year should take note of those businesses and business associations that oppose raising...
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Labor Sec. Perez supports raising min wage, eliminating tipped min wage
U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez came out in strong support for both raising the minimum wage and for eliminating the tipped minimum wage during a press Q&A at the end...
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RI Hospitality Assoc meets in chain restaurant guilty of $500,000 in wage theft
A meeting of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association (RIHA) at the restaurant Not Your Average Joe’s in Warwick means that RIHA President Bob Bacon, owner of the Gregg’s Restaurant chain, can no...
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The anti-minimum wage lobby in Rhode Island
When the Rhode Island General Assembly moves to pass the bills and budget articles that may raise the minimum wage from $9.60 to $10.50 this year, they will be met with fierce opposition from local...
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Rhode Island Business Coalition opposes raising the minimum wage
Note: The following is the February 7, 2016 written testimony provided to the RI House Finance Committee by the Rhode Island Business Coalition, a coalition formed by the Rhode Island Public...
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The arguments against raising the minimum wage are getting weirder and less...
Thursday night’s House Labor Committee meeting took up four different bills concerning the minimum wage. Because of the baffling decisions of House Labor Committee Chair Robert Craven (Democrat,...
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Opportunity wage bills an attempt to exploit teenage workers
When Representative Kenneth Mendonca (Republican, District 72, Portsmouth) presented his youth minimum wage bill to the House Labor Committee, he began by going after the minimum wage itself. “There is...
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