Nadia Chaudhury/EATX Starting on Wednesday, March 10, Texas restaurants and bars will be permitted to operate with no state-mandated mask requirements, capacity limits, nor social distancing measures, as ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott, and the Austin service industry is mad. Several local groups — Restaurant Organizing Project, the Texas Service Industry Coalition, the Amplified Sound Coalition, Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee, and Austin Mutual Aid — held a rally outside of the State Capitol on Monday, March 8 to express their frustrations with the lack of protections and support from state officials. During the rally, service industry workers shared their fears and concerns about having to work without any COVID-related safety measures while also not currently being eligible for the vaccine. They’re asking Gov. Abbott to delay reopening Texas until 70 percent of essential workers are vaccinated. Currently, 91 percent of the entire Texas population hasn’t been vaccinated, and there is no scheduled date for when service workers are eligible for the vaccine.