by Jason Flynn Adriana Alvarez has worked at McDonald’s for 18 years, and despite the consistently poor working conditions had avoided filing any sort of official complaint for fear of […]
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by Natalia Tylim In March 2020 the Marriott Marquis in Times Square furloughed 1,200 workers due to COVID closures. Nine months later, in December, the corporation informed 852 non-union employees […]
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by German Lara, (he/him), Tongva land, Los Angeles CA I can recall the warehouses full of dust and mice. I was one of the new workers from the temp agency sharing […]
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The Restaurant Organizing Project held a national educational event on May 3rd in celebration of May Day. Restaurants are run by immigrant workers. The question of how labor interacts with […]
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by Paul KD Support The Girls, the 2018 film by Andrew Bujalski, is the most realistic look at service work and revolt in recent years. The sheer indignity of most […]
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by Jason Flynn Workers at Peet’s Coffee stores in Chicago, Ill. expanded protests of the company which have been ongoing since September 2020 with the help of organizers from the […]
Read moreRestaurant labor conditions have officially entered “the discourse.” Arguments back-and-forth over an alleged “labor shortage” has persisted as the topic of the day for over a month now, and seemingly […]
Read moreby Colleen Koperek ‘Tis impossible to be sure of anything but Death and Taxes, but any restaurant worker will tell you the second half of that statement might not be […]
Read moreMindlessly scrolling Instagram one evening, you pause. Your heart sinks. Your former restaurant, the place you invested hours and hours in pre-pandemic, has re-opened. Yet this is the first you […]
Read moreby Brittany Ingram If you are lucky, this is just a Sister Sledge song you’re listening to as a guest at a wedding and nothing more. If you’re not so […]
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