In The News
October 2021
Bloomberg, “Shake Shack Founder Danny Meyer Joins Call to Raise Restaurant Wages to $15”
TapInto.Net, “Tour Showcases Three New York City Restaurants Paying Fair Wage”
AMNY, “New York City restaurant workers say they will put their vote where their wages are”
HR Dive, “Some workers say they feel underpaid, even as employers hike wages”
The Progressive Magazine, “Refusing to serve”
Essence, “Every worker paid at least $25 an hour at this NYC restaurant”
Daily Dot, “‘That’s gross’: Viral TikTok shows Olive Garden customer’s inappropriate feedback about server”
425 Business, “Wage increase test program coming to Issaquah, North Bend”
Oklahoma’s News 4, “How much should you tip on a takeout order?”
September 2021
Eater, “Restaurants are maybe, finally seeing the benefit of paying workers better wages”
Restaurant Hospitality, “Report: Restaurant workers are seeing an uptick in wage theft, harassment and hostility in 2021”
Craft Brewing Business, “Wage theft in the service industry is getting worse in 2021 according to new report”
Times Union, “Commentary: To curb sexual harassment, we must target the system, not just individuals”
New York Times, “How to make an unloved job more attractive? Restaurants tinker with wages.”
HR Dive, “34% of restaurant workers experienced more wage theft in 2021, OFW reports”
NY Daily News, “Reunion of Windows on the World staffers 20 years after 9/11 offers fond memories of fallen colleagues, calls for better restaurant pay”
Spectrum News NY1, “Ceremonies across NYC honor lives lost on Sept. 11”
New York Times, “Windows on the World employees are remembered amid calls for better pay for service workers”
AMNY, “World Trade Center restaurant workers call for fair wages on 9/11 anniversary”
CBS News, “Labor movement rises from ashes of World Trade Center’s Windows on the World restaurant”
NY Post, “Here is the list of NYC events honoring the 20th anniversary of 9/11”
The Wall Street Journal, “Former Workers at Windows on the World Restaurant Hold Memorial”
Restaurant Dive, “Raising tipped minimum wage could spark job loss, study shows”
Hyde Park Herald, “Op-Ed: We need a living wage to end slavery’s legacy and celebrate Labor Day”
New Republic, “No, Low-Wage Workers Aren’t Lazy. They’re on Strike.”
Vox, “Service workers now have another thankless job: Checking vaccine statuses”
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