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Food Labor Research Center


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Feb 25, 20221 min read
The Great Black Restaurant Worker Exodus
The restaurant industry has been in chaos since the onset of the pandemic. Numerous studies have documented how chronic low wages, sexual...
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Comms
Feb 8, 20221 min read
We Need Relief AND Raises
The restaurant industry has been one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors of the United States economy for decades. Restaurant...
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Comms
Dec 31, 20211 min read
Closed Due to Low Wages
The Ongoing Exodus of Workers from the New York Restaurant Industry and the Looming Impact on Consumers The New York Restaurant Industry...
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Comms
Sep 29, 20211 min read
No Rights, Low Wages, No Service
How Increased Violations of Workers’ Rights in 2021, Coupled with High Harassment, and Low Wages and Tips, Have Pushed Workers to Leave...
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Comms
Aug 30, 20211 min read
Raising Wages to Reopen
Restaurants Nationwide Raising Wages to Save Their Businesses After Covid-19 The COVID-19 pandemic caused massive upheaval in the US...
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Comms
Jun 29, 20211 min read
Help Wanted
The Impact (Or Lack Thereof) of Ending Unemployment Insurance on Restaurant Workers Willingness to Work for Subminimum Wages The...
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Comms
Apr 30, 20211 min read
It's a Wage Shortage, Not a Worker Shortage
Why Restaurant Workers, Particularly Mothers, Are Leaving the Industry, and What Would Make Them Stay The COVID-19 outbreak has had...
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Comms
Mar 31, 20211 min read
The Other NRA Exposed
The National Restaurant Association’s Duplicitous Lobbying, Perpetuation of Race and Gender Inequity, and Support for Insurrectionists...
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Comms
Mar 1, 20211 min read
The Tipping Point
How The Subminimum Wage Keeps Incomes Low and Harassment High As one of the largest employers of women, one of the largest employers of...
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Comms
Feb 1, 20211 min read
Ending a Legacy of Slavery
How Biden’s Covid Relief Plan Cures the Racist Subminimum Wage In 1963, the wage for tipped workers was $0 an hour, making them...
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Comms
Jan 26, 20211 min read
Full Deal for Full Recovery
Congressmembers, Pass the American Rescue Plan in Its Entirety! We represent tens of millions of workers, independent businesses, and...
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Comms
Dec 6, 20201 min read
"Take Your Mask Off so I Know How Much to Tip You"
Service Workers’ Experience of Health & Harassment During COVID-19 COVID-19’s devastation of the service sector has been well documented,...
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Comms
Jul 31, 20201 min read
Persistent Legacy of Slavery
Ending the Subminimum Wage for Tipped Workers as a Racial Equity Measure In 2020, both the COVID-19 pandemic and the uprisings for racial...
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Comms
May 5, 20201 min read
Locked Out by Low Wages
Service Workers’ Challenges with Accessing Unemployment Insurance During COVID-19 Before the pandemic, 13 million U.S. restaurant workers...
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