Dried, fermented, ground, steeped, poulticed, eaten, and imbibed, this plant has had a global impact on local economies, forest ecologies, culinary traditions, religious rituals, labor migration, and transoceanic trade.
Getting rid of that tax is a prime issue for the Culinary Union and other labor organizations that have negotiated substantial benefit plans for their members.
This is the aim of Antuna's labor union, Culinary Workers Union Local 226, by far the biggest and most powerful in Las Vegas.
It turns out that resurrection, the culinary kind, at least, is labor intensive and no bargain.
They are so young that giving them working papers and sending them into the culinary world almost violates child-labor laws.
Driven by the political muscle of retiring U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and Culinary, the state's most potent labor union, Nevada Democrats favored Clinton, seized a U.S. Senate seat and two congressional seats, and flipped the state Legislature.
Nevada's largest labor organization, the powerful Culinary Union, will not offer an endorsement before the state's Democratic caucuses next month, a reversal from 2008, when a bitter fight emerged over its backing.
Driven by the political muscle of retiring U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and Culinary, the state's most potent labor union, Nevada Democrats favored Clinton, seized a U.S. Senate seat and two congressional seats, and flipped the state Legislature.
The Culinary Union is just one of many labor unions grappling with how to respond to the spread of automation and artificial intelligence – whether driverless trucks or lifting and sorting machines at warehouses.
During the week, when my meals tend to be a bit faster and less labor intensive, I often satisfy my culinary urges by watching food television: Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern delight me (although I could live without the idea of eating palmetto bugs).
