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Her hope is her old industry will transfer enough to lure her back. >> if they were to offer us a fare wage, $15 plus tips on top, i would go back. i love illuminating somebody's day, but at the same time, i have a little bit more self-worth now. >> reporter: quits don't mean people are necessarily stepping out of the labor force. they're job hopping. look at the unemployment rate. 3.9%. that is a pandemic low. what it signals is that there is power in the american worker. they have the ability to choose the job that is best for them, especially at a time when businesses need employees. christ...

And into the 20s for kitchen staff. his labor costs rose to 36% of his operating budget, but it still may not be enough. >> reporter: do you feel like you are going to find people are leaching quitting? >> yes, i think, the hospital amount industry is going to be especially challenged because there is a lot of other good high paying jobs. >> and that's what ezmoko is looking for pl. until then she moved back with her parents doing gig work part time. her hope is her old industry will transform enough to lure her back. >> if they were to offer us a one fair wage, $15 plus tips on top, i'd go ba...

This is something that we will continue to cover and a reminder to our audience. anyone saying restaurants can't hire because people are home and don't want to go back to work. just think about this. we saw millions of people shift to other industries and warehouse jobs. if your one option is working for $2 plus tips in an uncertain schedule and no benefits and you can work at a warehouse for $16 an hour plus benefits, guess what? it sounds like a labor shift, not a shortage. gabe, always good to see you. coming up, inside president biden's plan to help black homeowners. the person who wrote t...

Policy for lunch and it's going quite well. >> when did you start it and why? >> i started in october. i started because i don't think that i should leave what my staff gets paid up to about 100 different people a day. they're professionals, and i think that it would be better if we provide them with a consistent pay as opposed to some sort of coming in every day and their job is like a scratch-off lottery where they don't know what they're going to get. >> yeah, interesting. for example, sometimes people get upset that they have the tip already included in normally large tables, and yet this ...

>> thomas, you've worked at domino's for 24 years. how much do you make? >> 7.35 an hour. >> and you've worked there for 24 years? >> yes, i have. >> plus tips. how have you managed to live on that? >> well, actually in the last three or four years i had to get a day job, and i also cut my domino's hours, because it was killing my car, a thing that often happens to drivers. >> so, you know what most people would ask you, it's why don't you just get another job? >> actually i was at that point, but the organizers came along right at the right time. and apparently 7.35 is not enough to survive o...