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Union group’s minimum wage lobbying undercut by its ‘model’ restaurants

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Published April 29, 2014 4:00am ET
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Union group’s minimum wage lobbying undercut by its ‘model’ restaurants
The average price for a hamburger and fries at the Restaurant Opportunities Center's High Road restaurants totals $20.50. (Thinkstock) | duha127

As the U.S. Senate considers minimum wage legislation, the Restaurant Opportunities Center is back on Capitol Hill, continuing its lobbying for a nearly 40-percent hike in the federally mandated pay.

ROC is a union-created “worker center” that is driving the minimum wage issue at all levels of government, including in Michigan, Seattle, and before Congress.

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