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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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John Henry vs. robots in Rhode Island restaurants
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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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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