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Giving Restaurant Workers a Seat at the Table May 7, 2021  • David K. Gibson Restaurant workers have been hit hard by COVID-19 and the associated upheaval. According to a National Restaurant Association survey, two-thirds of workers had lost their jobs by April 2020, just two months into the pandemic. As the advocacy organization One Fair Wage notes, the industry includes seven of the 10 lowest-paying jobs in the country, and its workers are three times likelier to live in poverty than the rest of the US workforce. Restaurant workers are among those with the least access to health care, o...

minutes. >> actually, the crew did an excellent job. it was fully involved with a lot of stuff inside, as well. they were able to get in and put it out. they did a great job. >> reporter: the fire did not spread very far. it only burned the eaves of the main house so that part of the house will be reparable. but the in-law unit is in a more dire state. the sister said her brother was a pack rat and you can see that this morning with his belongings strewn across the driveway. that unit will need serious gutting and reconstruction. and we just learned from the fire captain that her bro...