By Jada Montemarano April 2, 2020 We are officially into April, which means rent is due and bills need to be paid. Many workers — particularly those in the restaurant industry — have been laid off or are enduring reduced hours, which makes it difficult to keep up with payments. Olive Restobar is just one Read More
Many servers, baristas, and bartenders have already been laid off. Now they’re looking to the government for help. By Gaby Del | Mar 24, 2020, 7:10am EDT As the coronavirus spreads to more and more cities in the US, restaurants across the country are scaling back their services — or shutting their doors altogether — Read More
By Jonathan Capriel March 16, 2020 Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has its own economic stimulus plan for the global pandemic that has ground the economy to a near halt: Give laid-off and furloughed hospitality workers jobs delivering Prime packages. The e-commerce company will hire an additional 100,000 workers in the United States and temporarily boost Read More
By Edward Lempien March 17, 2020 While health leaders and policymakers race to limit the spread of COVID-19, the emerging crisis is having a dramatic impact on millions of healthy Americans — in restaurants, offices, taxicabs, classrooms and other places where they work. Just yesterday, six counties in the San Francisco Bay Area issued a Read More
By Todd Maisel February 3, 2020 “One Fair Wage” isn’t very fair to everyone, protesters charged while picketing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Midtown Manhattan office on Tuesday. The “One Fair Wage” plan, which Cuomo recently enacted through executive order, guarantees a full minimum wage with tips to all employees except restaurant workers. Read More
