Industry Advocacy

WASHINGTON, DC - The Food Marketing Institute has entered a partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor to educate teenagers and their parents about the laws governing the jobs and hours teens can work, and how to prevent injuries.

WASHINGTON - The Food Marketing Institute today urged the Federal Trade Commission to reevaluate its divestiture policies, especially those that limit the ability of independents and small family companies to buy divested stores.

BRUSSELS, Belgium and WASHINGTON - New efforts to regulate tobacco sales to minors are gaining ground in both Europe and the United States as the EU and a group of US Senators separately announce new agendas.

WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats on Wednesday rejected President Bush's call for permanent repeal of the estate tax, while Republicans signaled plans to turn the vote to their advantage in the fall campaign for control of Congress, The Associated Press reports.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has said it has agreed to work with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop voluntary ergonomics guidelines for retail grocery stores.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected the appeal by Visa U.S.A. and MasterCard of a ruling that made 4 million retailers part of an antitrust lawsuit, Reuters reports.

WASHINGTON - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to permanently repeal the estate tax, putting pressure on the Democratic-led Senate to deal with the issue.

NEW YORK - Credit card companies Visa USA Inc. and MasterCard International Inc. could face damages of more than $39 billion if top U.S. retailers prevail in an antitrust suit now awaiting pretrial review, the Wall Street Journal reported today on its online edition.