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Vaccine clinic for restaurant, hotel workers at Wisconsin Center
Shots in arms for those who serve them at bars
Visit Milwaukee hosted Hospitality Vaccination Day at the Wisconsin Center Friday. An effort aimed at getting hotel, bar and restaurant workers vaccinated.
MILWAUKEE - The City of Milwaukee is hoping to help the hospitality and tourism industry bounce back from the pandemic by incentivizing the COVID-19 vaccine. Now, a vaccination clinic with prizes at the Wisconsin Center is targeting hotel and restaurant workers.
As one of the first industries to be shut down at the start of the pandemic and one of the last to reopen 14 months later, local and state leaders in hospitality say the best way to return to full operation is to get employees vaccinated.
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Issues like lack of work visas, closed childcare facilities and workers citing low wages have made it hard for restaurants to get employees back to work as COVID-19 restrictions ease.
To say that 2020 hit the restaurant industry hard is an understatement. According to the National Restaurant Association, about 100,000 restaurants closed and 2.5 million jobs were lost. Now as some reopen, recruiting and hiring is proving to be a challenge. Across the country, as pandemic restrictions are being eased a new shortage is emerging restaurant workers.
“Clearly, there’s a shortage. I would love to say, Oh they’re just flocking in and we’re fully staffed we’re not,” says chef Paul Bartolotta.
Updated: 6:12 PM CDT Apr 26, 2021 The restaurant industry, devastated by the pandemic, is facing a new challenge.Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinA shortage of workers is forcing some restaurants to scale back their hours.Others are offering bonuses to new employees.As restaurants reopen and capacity limits increase, it appears some customers are ready to return.But that may not be the case for restaurant workers. We can t open up extra days, we can t do lunch service because we don t have staff, DanDan owner Dan Jacobs said.He said restaurants everywhere are struggling to get back workers who were laid off from jobs that typically offer low pay and lower job security. We abandoned our staff as an industry, and they ve gone to do other things, Jacobs said. For servers making $2.13 an hour and depending on the generosity of others for their wages, I don t blame them at all. A new billboard puts the call out for needed restaurant workers.A WISN 12 search found
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