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Here s Why There Are Millions Of Job Openings, But Little Hiring
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Giving Restaurant Workers a Seat at the Table
May 7, 2021
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David K. Gibson
Restaurant workers have been hit hard by COVID-19 and the associated upheaval. According to a National Restaurant Association survey, two-thirds of workers had lost their jobs by April 2020, just two months into the pandemic. As the advocacy organization One Fair Wage notes, the industry includes seven of the 10 lowest-paying jobs in the country, and its workers are three times likelier to live in poverty than the rest of the US workforce. Restaurant workers are among those with the least access to health care, or even the ability to take time off for vaccinations or post-jab side effects. And for the lucky workers who kept their jobs during the pandemic, the customers were often, well, jerks.
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When Chef Nate Norris started as a cook, he was highly aware of the pay inequality that plagued restaurants. He had never worked in a restaurant where he had access to customer tips and knew that co-workers who worked in the front of the house positions, such as servers or bartenders, would make two to three times more than he and his fellow cooks did.
This behavior was (and is) typical of the restaurant industry as a whole. But as Norris moved up in his career and became the chef at San Francisco’s famed Zuni Cafe, he’s now pushing to implement a huge change: mainly moving to a tip-free model that is meant to ensure all employees are paid equitably.
In regards to Black Box’s second question, it appears Morgan’s sentiment has plenty of company.
Higher pay in another industry: 14 percent
Higher pay through unemployment 57 percent
Better quality of life in another industry: 20 percent
Health or customer management concerns due to the pandemic: 4 percent
Other: 5 percent
Where restaurants’ mindset is on this labor topic is crystal. The $300 UI expansion is countering recovery efforts from a staffing perspective. The demand is there, but operators are struggling to satisfy it.
Restaurants told Black Box enhanced unemployment, tax refunds, and stimulus checks are gathering as the perfect storm.
One Fair Wage released a report Wednesday, along with the UC Berkeley Food Labor Research Center, that claimed low wages and tips were, by far, the most popular reason for leaving the restaurant industry, more than 20 percentage points higher than the second most popular reason COVID health risks. The vast majority (78 percent
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