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Denny s Shareholders Revolt After Top Exec Concedes $15 Minimum Wage Won t Hurt Business
By Julia Rock, The Daily Poster
On 5/5/21 at 12:55 PM EDT
Citing a
Newsweek report, Denny s shareholders are demanding that the restaurant chain end its membership in the National Restaurant Association, halt all lobbying efforts against legislation to eliminate a subminimum wage for tipped workers, and start paying all its workers at least a full minimum wage.
In a letter sent to Denny s CEO John Miller, shareholders wrote that the Association s lobbying campaign against legislation to end the subminimum wage for tipped workers runs contrary to the interests of the company s investors, citing reporting in
Big investors push nursing homes to upgrade care and working conditions
Nursing homes and long-term care facilities, where 182,000 Americans perished during the covid pandemic, have taken heat from government regulators, residents and their families. Now the industry is hearing it from an unexpected source: their investors.
Investors who own large shares of nursing home companies now are demanding that the operators improve staff working conditions and the quality of care.
Nearly 100 investor groups that manage $3.3 trillion in assets in the U.S. and abroad told nursing home companies in a recent letter that they should increase staffing levels, boost staff pay, offer paid sick leave, improve resident safety programs and allow staff members to unionize.
ABT ASSOCIATES NAMES ROSLYN M. BROCK CHIEF GLOBAL EQUITY OFFICER NAACP Chairman Emeritus and Health Equity Advocate
April 21, 2021 11:58 ET | Source: Abt Associates Abt Associates Rockville, Maryland, UNITED STATES
Rockville, Md., April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Abt Associates today named Roslyn M. Brock, a nationally recognized civil rights, health policy, and equity advocate, as its Chief Global Equity Officer. Brock is Chairman Emeritus of the National Board of Directors for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She was the youngest person ever elected NAACP chairman and the fourth woman to hold the position.
“Over the past year, we have strengthened our commitment to equity, and Roslyn Brock has dedicated her career to improving equity and opportunity for all,” said Abt Associates President and CEO Kathleen Flanagan. “She is a widely honored social justice c
Published Apr 17, 2021
In appreciation of our valued partners in mission on staff and in support of the the actions of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), the Seventh Generation for Interfaith Coalition for Responsible Investment and Raise the Wage Act of 2021, we have partnered with Wipfli consultants to begin a compensation project that will ultimately raise the organization’s minimum wage to $15 in 2021.
According to the FSPA Leadership Team, “This isn’t just about economic justice, we recognize our partners in mission serving on staff are gold. We’re advocating for livable wages and we want it to start at home. We’re investing in our partners as they help us carry forward our mission.” Deb Scoville and Nikki Horihan from the FSPA Merged HR Team note that all wages are evaluated annually and we will continue this practice when the new minimum wage is in place.