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>> dana: the u.s. restaurant industry still trying to recover from the pandemic. small bills owners are filesing more than labor shortages. some forced to raise prices due to the surging costs of items on their menu. restaurant work is not easy work, and i know that you've had some troubles and travails with covid and all of that. tell us your situation now at the packing house in milwaukee. >> thank you so much for having me on this morning. i really appreciate the opportunity to tell our story. what we're seeing now is a lot of issues, frankly, from staffing issues, to just supply chain issu...

People. is that tied to the $300, or is that tied to this psychological matter you're talking about, or is it all of the above? there are some people who are not sure when they go back to work, they're not sure what happens to their kids. now we're finding out most kids will be in school but caregivers are not all that readily available. so it sounds like there are a lot of things affecting people right now. >> i think there are absolutely a lot of factors. some people don't have their kids back in child care. that's going to be a factor for them. there are some people who found that, you know...

Reopens. one new orleans chef told the author and j au author and journalist, people are not returning because restaurant work sucks, is underpaid or provides no upward mobility or benefits. now we know this are record 8.1 million job openings in america. the chaum bmber of commerce saie labor shortage is getting worse by the day. they help employers fill the jobs. now many pin the blame on enhanced jobless benefits. i mean why look for a job if you're making money out of work? right? maryland now the 25th gop led state revoking the checks for the residents. maryland has one of the highest une...

It's not for the reasons people think. it's not because people are lazy and are sitting home. a lot of people left the industry and took other jobs. they were laid off abruptly. they took other jobs and they're unwilling to come back because there's still some concern about another wave in the fall and they don't want to be unemployed again. also, people are concerned that, yeah, you're going to get called back to work and maybe end up with two shifts. that's not going to be enough to live on. there's a lot of reasons why we're seeing a labor shortage. it's not one particular thing i think tha...

Chris: the same restaurant work got nominated for the same nobel peace prize. is an update on one of our power players of the week. josé andres is one most celebrated chefs in america running restaurant empire but these days you're more likely to find them in a relief effort after a natural disaster. his world central kitchen has provided millions of meals after hurricanes in puerto rico and florida but now andres is responding to a man-made disaster, the government shutdown. setting up the kitchen to feed the furloughed. >> we believe that no person should have to go through the pain of not ...