Industry groups sue to stop voluntary deductions going straight from checks to union-backed groups The National Restaurant Association and Restaurant Law Center are suing the city of New York to block a law that would force fast food restaurants to deduct money from employee paychecks and send it to nonprofit advocacy groups backed by labor unions, including the Fight for $15 movement, if workers agreed to the deductions. Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation in May that would allow workers in the fast food and retail industries to deduct money from their paychecks and direct them to advocacy groups, akin...