Rabid WVU FanJan 18, 2023
Jillian Hurley

HOW WE PAY FOR BIG BUSINESS TO LOBBY AGAINST US.

I was recently asked for some concrete examples of how corporations often end up shaping the lives of Americans through legislation while pretending to support regular people.

This is a stellar example.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/us/politics/restaurant-workers-wages-lobbying.html

How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low

The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle against minimum wage increases.

The New York Times
Jan 18, 2023 at 12:46amMastodon for iOS