Trump Has Unfair Advantage in Hospitality Game, Lawsuit Claims

ByJon Steingart, Bloomberg BNA

President Donald Trump’s hospitality businesses hurt workers in Washington, D.C., New York City and elsewhere by illegally benefiting from his presidency to siphon revenue from competitors’ operations, a federal lawsuit alleges.

“It’s hard enough to be a restaurant worker in America,” said Saru Jayaraman, co-director of Restaurant Opportunities Center United, which joined the lawsuit April 18. “So now on top of that, to be competing with the president for business, income and tips? Foreign officials will feel compelled, urged and pressured to curry favor with the president by staying at Trump hotels and eating ...