1. New Mexico Restaurant Association
What You can Do About a $15 Minimum Wage

2. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
Housekeeping
Everyone is being muted.
Please use the chat box to ask questions.
Questions will be held until the end of the presentation.
The presentation is being recorded and will be sent to all registrants within 48 hours.
The slide deck will be available at the same time.
If you do not see my screen click on shared content.

3. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
Jerry Harrell
General Manager of the Double Eagle Restaurant in historic Old Mesilla for 23 years.
Jerry serves as the Government Affairs Chairman of the New Mexico Restaurant Association.

4. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
Carol Wight
CEO of the New Mexico Restaurant Association
Chief Advocate for Restaurants in New Mexico.
Former Restaurateur

5. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
Webinar Topics
Issues Are We Fighting
Why Restaurants Fight these Issues
Ways to Influence the Fight
What Else Can You Do

6. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
The Issues
Minimum Wage Increases
Sick Leave Mandates
Scheduling Mandates
Loss of Tip Credit
Soda Tax Increase
Liquor Tax Increase

7. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
Minimum Wage Map

8. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
Minimum Wage

9. Candidate Michelle Grisham

10. Candidate Michelle Grisham

11. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
Sick Leave Map

12. Albuquerque Ballot Initiative

13. CC Sick Leave Ordinance

14. Predictive Scheduling Mandates
Advance notice of schedules. “Workweek Fairness Act” Introduced at Albuquerque City Council: Employee schedules be put in writing three weeks in advance with employees compensated for any changes.

15. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
Loss of Tip Credit
California, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Washington DC, New York
Restaurants can no longer pay sub-minimum wages to tipped employees in these states and counting...

16. The latest battleground…

17. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
Other issues…
Soda Tax
Liquor Tax
Gross Receipts Tax
Right-to-Work

18. Why Restaurants Fight These Issues
Labor is 1/3 of our costs. We have more labor than most other industries.
1/3 of all New Mexicans get their first job in a restaurant.
Low Profit Margins
Myth:
Restaurant Owners make 30% to 40% profits
Truth:
On average Restaurants make 5%

19. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
What Can You Do?

20. Ways to Win Friends & Influence
Here are 5 Ingredients for Successful Advocacy:
Be kind and respectful.
Be truthful. Know what you are saying and don't lie! Have integrity about your word.
Use facts where you can but don’t forget to appeal to emotion. People make decisions based on emotion.
Be brief and concise in your message.
Don’t threaten!

21. California Receipt Message
The Receipt Message is a completely FREE way for you to help promote the industry we all love—and everything our businesses contribute to their communities each day.
The message tells customers how much, on average, restaurants invest in their business and employees.

22. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
Guest Receipt Message
The general public needs to know…
“Because we value you…
Nationally, an average of 95cents of every dollar restaurant customers spend goes into the food, employees and place.
Come Again!”

23. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
In testing both in focus groups and with real restaurant customers, consumers responded favorably to knowing that most of what they pay for a meal goes right back into the operation.

24. Talk to Elected Officials and Candidates
Share your struggles
Do the math for them (every dollar increase in minimum wage = $$$ to my payroll)
They are your friends and neighbors don’t be shy.

25. Host a Roundtable or Coffee
Sign up today to be a part of NMRA
FBI Team
(Food and Beverage Intelligence)
I will send you an with access to the webinar and sign up process.

26. www.nmrestaurants.org 505-343-9848
Toolkit to include:
Legislative Menu
Tipped Wage Backgrounder
Legislative Flyer
Additional information as it becomes available

27. Questions? (in the chat box)