Jim Sullivan is a keynote speaker at foodservice leadership conferences worldwide. His newest book Fundamentals is available at Amazon or Sullivision.com. Check out his leadership video series at NRN.com. This article does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors or management of Nation’s Restaurant News.
February 22, 2016
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Sullivision.com chief executive Jim Sullivan
However you view the $15-an-hour minimum wage issue — it’s the death of the industry or yet another progress barrier that government has thrown in our way that we’ll overcome — it’s real, it’s big and it’s not going away. But will it kill the foodservice industry, as some say?
Here are the relevant facts: Last year, minimum wage increases occurred in 20 states. Cities like Washington, D.C., Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco raised the stakes even higher, mandating a $15-an-hour minimum wage by 2018, with their states likely to follow.
Labor unions, distressed at the sharp decline in private sector membership, have shifted their focus to service sector recruiting. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is now taking the so-...
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