Food Service Industry

You Told Waiters To Get “Real” Jobs, So They Did…Now What?
It isn’t news that restaurants have been struggling to find staff and that some businesses are offering all kinds of incentives to come on board. Chipotle recently announced they are increasing the pay for its restaurant workers to an average of $15 an hour and claiming that it’s possible to

Joe Exotic is Crashing Zoom Calls to Raise Money for Hospitality Workers
Guest Post by Chris Luecke With the shelter-in-place mandate being in effect for over a month now, you’ve probably accomplished at least 2 things: You’ve binge watched Tiger King on Netflix and know more about exotic cats than you ever imagined. You’ve taken part in so many Zoom calls for

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The Heartbreaking Ways COVID is Impacting Food Service Workers
In 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimated that the food service industry employed 5.4 million workers. That number was almost certainly higher at the start of 2020, but has greatly diminished since restaurants, bars, cafes, caterers, and school lunch programs across the country have reduced service or

The Absurdity of Gratuity: Why Our Culture of Unpaid, Tipped Work is Bad for Our Society
Last week, I read a thoughtful article on this site by Jamal Frederick entitled “Tipping While Black- The Struggles of a Black Barman.” I encourage you to read it. It offers keen insight into the racial attitudes and discrepancies characteristic of tipped service work. It also reinforced the strong opinions