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Opportunity wage bills an attempt to exploit teenage workers

April 13, 2017, 10:01 pm

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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The arguments against raising the minimum wage are getting weirder and less...

April 3, 2017, 5:44 pm

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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RI Hospitality Assoc meets in chain restaurant guilty of $500,000 in wage theft

June 15, 2015, 1:02 pm

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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John Henry vs. robots in Rhode Island restaurants

March 24, 2015, 6:00 am

John Henry At recent State House hearings on raising the minimum wage and eliminating the tipped minimum wage, restaurant owners, beginning with Bob Bacon of Gregg’s Restaurants, (who is also the...

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Restaurant workers and owners wrestle over tip theft

March 1, 2015, 11:45 pm

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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