BOSTON — The coalition of labor, faith-based and community groups behind a push to raise the minimum wage say negotiations with the Legislature and retailers aimed at avoiding simultaneous ballot fights over wages and a proposed sales tax cut have reached a "standstill."
The president of the union that represents state-owned liquor stores in New Hampshire has helped expose bulk sales to out-of-state purchasers trying to avoid high excise taxes in their own state, and some rank-and-file members think that's a bad idea.
One liquor store manager is circulating a petition asking members to demand a meeting with the union president to discuss the matter. He doesn't like the spotlight the union president has brought on sensitive transactions.
