Berkeley’s first vegan butcher shop, The Butcher’s Son, is slated to open Feb. 22. These details, and much more, in this week’s Bites.
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Posted inNosh
East Bay restaurants adapt to new minimum wage
The effects of new minimum wages are causing a ripple effect of changes across the East Bay restaurant scene.
Posted inOpinion
Op-ed: It’s time to lift the floor for all workers in Berkeley
[Editor’s note: The city of Berkeley is considering raising its minimum wage with an eye toward related policy changes in San Francisco. In his recommendation to the city’s Labor Commission, which has been studying the issue, Mayor Tom Bates asked the panel to consider setting special rules for tipped workers that could potentially grant an exception to the […]
Posted inBusiness
Minimum wage ‘tip credit’ idea gets cold shoulder
The Berkeley City Council asked the city’s Labor Commission in April to create a new minimum wage law for Berkeley.
Posted inBusiness, City
Berkeley considers city-wide minimum wage hike
Some Berkeley business owners said last week, at an info session hosted by the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, that a higher minimum wage would pose challenges and have unintended consequences. Photo: Emilie Raguso A mayor’s office request to set Berkeley’s minimum wage more than $2 above than the state-mandated $8 per hour will be discussed […]