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Our Washington Post local op-ed: DC meals shouldn’t come with a side of the flu
Posted by Liz Borkowski on February 11, 2013 Our Washington Post local opinion piece addresses a problematic exemption in a DC law.
The Hands that Feed Us: Most food industry workers earn low or poverty-level wages
Posted by The Pump Handle on August 29, 2012 A Food Chain Worker Alliance survey of food industry workers — including agricultural and farmworkers, food processing and slaughterhouse employees, and those working in food distribution and retail — found that 86% earned low or poverty wages.
The significance of 2/13
Posted by Liz Borkowski on February 13, 2012 Most readers are probably aware that tomorrow, 2/14, is Valentine’s Day, but do you know what’s significant about 2/13? It’s not a cue to buy chocolates — it’s a reminder that federal law only requires restaurants to pay their workers an hourly wage of $2.13. That minimum hasn’t been raised since 1991; if it had…
A new kind of guide for restaurant diners: do the employees have sick leave, living wages?
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on December 1, 2011 The worker-led organization Restaurant Opportunities Center United released this month a new type of diners’ guide, one that focuses on working conditions for the employees at 180 restaurants nationwide. The US restaurant industry employs 10 million individuals and is the fastest growing sector in the economy. More than half of restaurant workers, however, earn less…