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Lots of jobs, few hires: Labor shortage puts Tampa Bay restaurants in a pinch Worker advocates say itâs the start of an overdue reckoning for industries that rely on low-wage jobs. Â Â A marquee at the McDonald's at 1905 N Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa indicates a starting salary of $13 an hour for new hires on May 12. The restaurant had previously offered applicants $50 just for coming in for an interview, a sign of the current high demand for food service workers. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ] At the Oxford Exchange in Tampa, business isnât just back. Itâs booming. Sales are ...
Pedro Fiúza/NurPhoto via Getty Images After eight years in the restaurant industry, Estefanía decided she’d had enough. Last summer, she quit her job at a New American restaurant in Chicago where she had worked as a manager and sommelier since 2017. Estefanía, who asked to be referred to by her first name because she is an undocumented worker, said she got COVID-19 in June and took two weeks off to recover and quarantine. When she came back, she noticed a shift in the way her employers treated her. “I came back to be given the silent treatment from the owner,” she told me via email. ...