WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Tax and regulatory reform and labor law overhaul topped the agenda of grocery industry officials in lobbying trips to Capitol Hill.In their annual Washington events, members of Food Distributors...
The food industry views this fall's presidential election as more than just another chance to push its agenda. It sees the election of Bob Dole, the presumptive Republican nominee, is seen as an imperative to ending...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- While the food stamp program for low-income Americans was preserved in the massive farm bill signed into law by President Clinton earlier this month, the grocery industry is not sanguine that...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Congress has forwarded to the White House a massive bill that would overhaul the nation's farm policy for the next seven years. President Clinton was expected to sign the bill into law last week...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- In almost 400 visits to Capitol Hill, grocers organized under the Food Marketing Institute's Public Affairs Assembly this month lobbied Congress to influence legislation on baler operations...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Conference negotiations on a massive overhaul of the nation's farm subsidy program are expected to be completed by the end of this month, following the passage of the House version Feb. 29...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The grocery industry is claiming victory in a recent federal court of appeals decision to overturn a presidential executive order on the permanent replacement of striking workers.The Feb. 2 ruling...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The Senate rejected attempts last week to eliminate government price supports on sugar and peanuts, terminations the grocery industry said would have cut consumer costs.This development came as the...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is criticizing a proposed reform of Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations as jeopardizing worker safety in the...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- A long-sought reform of the Perishable Agriculture Commodities Act, or PACA, became law when President Clinton signed it last month.PACA was created 65 years ago to govern the conduct of the...