Press Archives
December 2021
Eater, How DoorDash and Postmates Make an Already Dangerous Job Worse
FSR Magazine, Robotics, Automation, and Plenty of Change on Deck for Restaurants in 2022
WGNO ABC News, These are the cities with the most generous tippers. Did New Orleans make the list?
Restaurant Dive, Report: 54% of Topgolf employees report being sexually harassed
Mashed,What Really Happens When You Send ‘Compliments’ To The Chef
Detroit Free Press, Raising Michigan’s minimum wage to $15 per hour is goal of new committee
November 2021
Prism, “Back-of-house restaurant workers are struggling to survive this pandemic”
HR Dive, “The restaurant labor crisis in 5 stats”
NPR, “CEO of McDonald’s apologizes after saying 2 slain children were failed by their parents”
October 2021
TIME, “Young People Are Leaving Their Jobs in Record Numbers—And Not Going Back”
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”
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”
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”
Spectrum News NY1, “Ceremonies across NYC honor lives lost on Sept. 11”
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”
August 2021
Danilo Diazgranados: On food and wine, “The cost of labor shortages in US restaurants”
Restaurant Dive, “One Fair Wage creates guide to transition restaurants to a $15 minimum wage”
Eater, “How Small Restaurant Owners are Navigating the Labor Shortage”
Restaurant Dive, “Restaurants have hired 1.3M employees since January”
Times Union, “Restaurant customers upped tips during pandemic, but inequities remain”
The Columbus Dispatch, “Restaurants are still having problems hiring, even with enhanced benefits”
July 2021
Restaurant Dive, “One Fair Wage launches $1M restaurant worker relief fund”
Patch, “New ‘Wages Can’t Wait’: Service workers action & relief fund”
Union Leader, “Progressives keep pressure on Hassan, Shaheen to support minimum wage increase”
Citizen-Times, “The tipping point: Some say the subminimum wage is remnant of slavery, has to go”
GPB News, “A $500-sign on bonus to deliver pizzas? Here’s what to know about hiring incentives”
Spectrum Local News, “NY minimum wage for fast-food workers raised to $15 per hour”
June 2021
NPR, “A former D.C. restaurant workers is reviving an initiative on the tipped minimum wage”
Washington City Paper, “Which D.C. restaurants are distancing themselves from tipping?”
Fox 47 News, “One Fair Wage Michigan holds small rally to fight for a higher minimum wage”
Thrillist, “How the pandemic is changing the way restaurant employees are being paid”
OnMilwaukee, “Lazy Susan to reopen with new patio, refreshed space”
Restaurant Dive, “Report: Most diners still want restaurant workers to mask up”
May 2021
Washington Post, “Why restaurant workers are demanding better wages and working conditions”
WUSA9, “Hospitality workers strike in DC, demanding livable wages”
AMNY, “Wage strike ends with protesters cuffed in lower Manhattan”
Eater Chicago, “Hospitality workers plan wage strike Wednesday outside Gibsons”
Truthout, “Restaurant workers say they won’t return to work without a living wage”
Eater, “Restaurants turn to hiring bonuses to entice workers”
Wall Street Journal, “Remote tipping became more popular during Covid-19”
Fast Company, “Six creative ways workers are taking back power”
The Guardian, “‘It’s a minefield’: U.S. restaurant workers leave industry over Covid”
CNN, “Low pay and ‘toxic’ work environments are driving workers away from restaurants’
The Guardian, “The U.S. restaurant industry is lacking in wages, not workers”
USA Today, “Minimum wage debate stalls congress but not rest of America”
Restaurant Dive, “Report: 76% of restaurant workers plan to leave jobs over low wages, tips”
Mother Jones, “The real reason women aren’t applying to restaurant jobs”
Forbes, “Chipotle is raising its wages to average $15 an hour”
Fast Company, “Why we need one fair wage for workers now”
April 2021
Eater, “Labor Advocates Allege Powerful Lobby is Depressing Wages in Massachussetts”
New York Times, “As Diners Return, Restaurants Face a New Hurdle: Finding Workers”
New York Times, “What Is Hospitality? The Current Answer Doesn’t Work”
Newsweek, “McDonald’s, Other CEO’s Tell Investors $15 Minimum Wage Won’t Hurt Business”
The Intercept, “New Hampshire’s Democratic Senators Are Quietly Resisting a Minimum Wage Hike”
‘Server for an Hour’ Events Photos & Press Roundup
Rep. Sara Jacobs at Ponce’s Mexican Restaurant in San Diego, CA
Rep. Sara Jacobs at Ponce’s Mexican Restaurant in San Diego, CA KFMB (CBS San Diego)
Michigan Advance, “Lawrence: Minimum wage for tipped workers is ‘an insult'”
Newsweek, “Why Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema Will Headline Anti-$15 Minimum Wage, Anti-Union Event”
The Washington Post, “Trump’s PAC has not put its millions into push for ballot reviews he touts”
The New York Times, “As Diners Return, Restaurants Face a New Hurdle: Finding Workers”
White House, “A Proclamation on National Sexual Assault Prevention And Awareness Month, 2021”
Newsweek, “McDonald’s, Other CEOs Tell Inventors $15 Minimum Wage Won’t Hurt Business”
The Boston Globe, “For the hospitality industry, struggling to recover, it’s a moment of reckoning”
Jacobin, “The Subminimum Tipped Wage for Restaurant Workers Guarantees On-the-Job Harassment”
POLITICO, “Senate Democratic moderates push for minimum wage compromise”
March 2021
Letter: Women & Gender Justice Leaders Letter on Tipped Minimum Wage
BBC, “Should the US abandon tipping?”
CBS News, “Lower your mask: Female restaurant workers face sexual harassment even during pandemic”
The New York Times, “To Fight Poverty, Raise the Minimum Wage? Or Abolish It?”
The Hill, “Raising minimum wage is the minimum promise for women of color”
Bloomberg, “Pelosi Commits to Minimum-Wage Hike, But Without a Timetable”
Food & Wine, “Will a $15 Minimum Wage Work for Restaurants?”
Maine Beacon, “Four years after Mainers voted to raise wages for tipped workers, Congress may act”
Fast Company, “How we should reimagine restaurant work in a post-COVID-19 world”
February 2021
Letter: Raise The Wage Act: Letter to US Congress Members
Good, “Over 200 small business owners and employers pen letter endorsing Raise the Wage Act”
POLITICO, “Politico Playbook: Progressives suffer their first big blow of the Biden presidency”
The New York Times, “Is This the End of Tipping?”
The Atlantic, “The Counterintuitive Workings of the Minimum Wage”
Oxfam America, “An Open Letter to President Biden.”
KQED, “‘Waging Change’ For Fair Pay For Tipped Workers”
The Hill, “The first step to build back better: Give America a Raise”
USA Today, “For these tipped workers, $15 minimum wage is a matter of COVID-19 survival”
The New York Times, “Tipping Is a Legacy of Slavery”
The Appeal, “American Democracy Cannot Breathe”
USA Today, “Fact Check: Tipping began amid slavery, then helped keep former Black slaves’ wages low”
Politico Magazine, “The Racist History of Tipping”
January 2021
December 2020
November 2020
October 2020
Letter: Service Workers and Employers’ Unity Deal: Letter to Governor Cuomo & State Legislature
Letter: Public Health Experts Call on Governor Cuomo enact One Fair Wage
Philadelphia Inquirer: As workers grow desperate, Pa. lawmakers launch nation’s ‘most expansive minimum wage bill’
Chicago Tribune: Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants
Legal News: Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants
News Tribune: Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants
The Express: Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants
Northwest Arkansas Online: Fall could bring chill to dining out
ArkansasOnline.com: Fall could bring chill to dining out
The Daily Review: Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants
The Sumter Item: Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants
Timesfreepress.com: Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants
Sun Sentinel: Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants
The Virginian-Pilot: Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants
The Baltimore Sun: Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants
The Alpena News: Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants
Hunting Don Dailynews: Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants
NY1 News: How the Return to Indoor Dining is Forcing Restaurant Workers to Make Tough Decisions
Beverage Industry News: It’s Time to End the Subminimum Wage for Tipped Workers
D Magazine: What have we learned in the 200 days since restaurants, bars were closed?
Restaurant Business Magazine: Second NY covid wave would slash restaurant sales for 3 more years, study finds
SunGazette.com: Cold weather means new challenges for struggling restaurants
DailyBulletin.com: Congress should invest in our nation’s workforce development system
Redlands Daily Facts: Congress should invest in our nation’s workforce development system
San Bernardino County Sun: Congress should invest in our nation’s workforce development system
Press-Enterprise: Congress should invest in our nation’s workforce development system
Snntv.com: Suncoast businesses could face financial hardship under proposed Ballot Amendment 2
HR Dive: DC Capital Grille server says she was assigned “Section 8” tables based on race
Chicago Tribune (Premium)
Politico: GALVIN sounds off on CENSUS — WALSH’S spending surge — The CORONAVIRUS complaint HOTLINE
Chicago Tribune: Chicago graphic designer and artist pals create custom bill folders to benefit restaurant workers
Yahoo news: Chicago graphic designer and artist pals create custom bill folders to benefit restaurant workers
MSN.com: Chicago graphic designer and artist pals create custom bill folders to benefit restaurant workers
Heated by Medium.com: Add Bittman to Your Podcast Lineup
Boston Herald: Pressley makes push for One Fair Wage for tipped workers
WWLP.com: MA lawmakers push for additional funding to help food service workers across state
The Frederick News-Post: Fall could bring chill to dining out
Snntv.com: The other side of the coin on the $15 minimum wage
Boston Herald: Restaurants need voice in solving wage woes for workers
FSR Magazine: No Matter What Side You’re On, the 2020 Presidential Election Matters for Restaurants
QSR Magazine: Election 2020: What it Could Mean for Restaurants
El Diario NY: En NYC se dispara el riesgo de explotación laboral a inmigrantes en medio de crisis por COVID-19
Politico: BAKER won’t vote for TRUMP — ’HIGH-RISK’ communities going UP — Last day to complete CENSUS
Eater NY: Junzi Kitchen’s American-Chinese Pop-Up Will Live On as a Permanent Restaurant
Wicked Local Kingston: Endorsement for Susan Moran
El Diario NY: Los restaurantes de NYC pueden cobrar ya un 10% más como recargo por costos de la COVID-19
Time Out – New York: NYC restaurants can add a new surcharge to your bill beginning today
Cape Cod Times: Moran is advocate women on Cape Cod need
Pembroke – WickedLocal.com: Endorsement for Susan Moran
Plymouth – Wicked Local: Endorsement for Susan Moran
Axios: In photos: Thousands rally nationwide for Women’s March
The Huffington Post: Thousands Join Nationwide Women’s Marches To Protest Barrett Supreme Court Nomination
Yahoo! News: Thousands Join Nationwide Women’s Marches To Protest Barrett Supreme Court Nomination
NEWSRUST: Thousands Join Nationwide Women’s Marches To Protest Barrett Supreme Court Nomination
NBC Connecticut: NYC Restaurants Can Start Charging Diners a COVID-19 Recovery Charge
Head Topics – US: Thousands Join Nationwide Women’s Marches To Protest Barrett Supreme Court Nomination
NBC New York: NYC Restaurants Can Start Charging Diners a COVID-19 Recovery Charge
Fast Company: 800 Compton residents will get a guaranteed income
Fast Company: 800 Compton residents will get a guaranteed income
La Opinión: Nuevo programa en Compton ayudará económicamente a 800 familias por dos años
Boston.com: 4 things to know about Michelle Wu’s ‘food justice’ agenda
Eater NY: Everything to Know About NYC’s COVID-19 Restaurant Surcharge
Inc.com: 3Ways to Help Restaurants Outshine the Dark Months Ahead
Plate: Here’s How Hospitality Workers Can Access Relief Funds and Other Resources
Little Things: Jane Fonda Has Been Blogging Steadily For At Least A Decade And I Really Could Not Love Her More
The Southwester: SWNA HOSTS THREE NIGHTS OF DEBATE WITH AT-LARGE CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCIL
Knowledge@Wharton: Bridging Social Justice and the Financial Markets
Bronx Times: New York City restaurant workers call on governor for relief plan for the industry
Eater Chicago: How to Help: Fight Hunger and Support Local Restaurants in Chicago
Law.com: Money Lines Up in Florida’s Constitutional Amendment Fights
Berkeley News: New Berkeley course examines 2020 election through the lens of American democracy
Business Insider: Latinas still endure one of the widest pay gaps of any group. Here’s what policymakers, organizations, and companies can do to combat pay discrimination
June 2020
Eater: A New $3M City Fund Aims to Pay Staffers at Small Restaurants $20 Per Hour
CNN: New York City announces $3 million initiative to help city’s small restaurants
Restaurant Hospitality: New York City commits $2 million in grants of up to $30,000 each for independent restaurants
Grub Street: Mayor de Blasio Announces Plan to Help Some of New York’s Family-Run Restaurants
Politico: Partially reopen, New York City bears little resemblance to its former self
May 2020
LA Times: New project High Road Kitchens helps restaurants provide food on a sliding scale
Forbes: How Six Gender Justice Funders Are Providing COVID-19 Emergency Funding
Civil Eats: People of Color are at Greater Risk of COVID-19. Systemic Racism in the Food System Plays a Role
Fast Company: This new program gives funds to California restaurants if they serve free meals and commit to fair wages
Hollywood Reporter: Mark Wahlberg, Tamron Hall and Justin Timberlake Among Stars Sharing Their Stories to Help Next Generation of WME Agents
SF Chronicle: California initiative looks to save restaurants, increase workforce diversity
CNBC: Study finds 44% of U.S. unemployment applicants have been denied or are still waiting
Fast Company: Millions of people still haven’t received unemployment payments. These states are the worst
CBS News: They were laid off from full-time jobs, but made too little to get unemployment
Huffington Post: Republicans Want To End Higher Jobless Pay. For Some Workers It Hasn’t Even Begun.
SF Chronicle: Flour + Water Pasta Shop opens in San Francisco with pasta kits and more
In These Times: How to Save the Restaurant Workforce From Being Casualties of The Covid-19 Crisis
Civil Eats: How Fostering Empathy for the People Who Feed Us Could Change Our Food System
April 2020
Food Tank: Amid Difficult COVID-19 News from Around the World, There’s Hope in the Food System
The FERN: The coronavirus has laid bare restaurant workers’ ‘tip to mouth’ existence
Mother Jones: Tipped Restaurant Workers Were Already Hanging By a Thread. What Now?
Crooked Media: Masking My Feelings
Chronicle of Philanthropy: Robert Wood Johnson Commits $50 Million to Help Neediest Victims of Pandemic and Economic Fall
Inside Philanthropy: What is the Top U.S. Health Philanthropy Doing in Response to COVID-19?
Vice: 8 Funds That Are Collecting Money for the People Who Need It Most Right Now
Refinery 29: What Can A Post-Pandemic World Look Like For Restaurant Workers?
SF Chronicle: Job losses grow as 6.6 million file new claims for week
Inside Philanthropy: New Funds Scramble to Aid Restaurant Workers
LA Times: Where to donate to help restaurant industry workers affected by the pandemic
NPR: What Gig Workers Need To Know About Collecting Unemployment
Marketplace: As COVID-19 stimulus and unemployment checks start to go out, some of the most vulnerable are left behind
The Guardian: Spend, save or donate? Ideas for where to put your stimulus check
Bon Appetit: From Pandemic to Protests: How Food Businesses Nationwide Are Responding
The Atlantic: Is It Ethically Okay to Get Food Delivered Right Now?
The Times: Coronavirus: gig economy workers put lives on the line to pay rent
The Huffington Post: The Coronavirus Reveals Everything That’s Wrong With Work In America
March 2020
Just Jared: Laura Dern Takes Extra Precautions With a Mask & Gloves While Walking Her Dog with Mom Diane Ladd
Gear Junkie: COVID Coalition: How Over 30 Outdoor Brands Are Fighting the Pandemic
Colorlines: Power to the People: 40+ Grassroots Activists Step Up During the COVID-19 Crisis
Food Tank: Saru Jayaraman Talks Fair Wages, COVID-19
The Nation: 12 Coronavirus Funds That Will Help the Most Vulnerable
The Atlantic: The Fact That I Can’t Fix Things Now Is Breaking My Heart’
Yahoo! Finance: Waiters living “tip to mouth” face more hardship in shutdown
Chronogram: How to Help Hudson Valley Restaurants and Service Industry Workers Impacted by COVID-19
Achei USA: Guia completo de auxílio durante a pandemia na Costa Oeste dos EUA
CBS News: Restaurant workers, already living “tip to mouth,” face more hardship in shutdown
Architectural Digest: 12 Ways to Support the Design Community Right Now
La Opinion: Trabajadores sin documentos luchan mientras la economía se detiene
Elite Daily: Here’s How To Help Laid-Off Shift & Gig Workers During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Food Tank: Support These 35+ Organizations Helping Restaurants, Workers, and Farmers Survive COVID-19
The Breakfast Club: Andrew Yang Announces He’s Giving $1M To The People Of NYC
The Hill: Andrew Yang nonprofit to dole out checks to 500 households
The Guardian: Andrew Yang: ex-presidential hopeful giving $1m in response to coronavirus
Resonate: Andrew Yang’s Non-Profit to Deliver Over $1Million to Working Families Affected by Coronavirus
CBS News: Andrew Yang’s nonprofit to donate $1 million to families impacted by coronavirus
Yahoo! Here’s How You Can Help Out Restaurants and Their Laid-Off Staff
Resy Blog: How to Help Your Favorite Restaurants — Right Now
Thrillist: 5 Ways to Support NYC Restaurants During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Guardian: ‘I could be on the street’: 100,000 jobs at risk as coronavirus pummels California restaurants
Food & Wine: What to Do When You’ve Been Laid Off from Your Service Job
Forbes: How To Find Money, Keep Your Business Going, And Help Your Employees During COVID-19
VinePair: How to Give Back to Hospitality Professionals Impacted by Covid-19
Travel & Leisure: These Fundraisers Are Assisting Those Affected by Coronavirus — and They Need Your Help
Refinery29: How You Can Help Local Restaurants & Small Businesses Survive The Coronavirus Shutdown
Truthout: Facing Mass Layoffs, Restaurant Workers Demand Living Wage and Paid Sick Leave
Out Smart: Unemployment Help for LGBTQ Bar and Restaurant Workers Affected by COVID-19
The Boston Globe: How restaurants are helping their employees — and how you can get involved
The Denver Post: Denver restaurants lay off employees by the hundreds following coronavirus bar, restaurant shutdown
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Spreadsheets, free meals and Dining Bonds among creative efforts to help restaurants and service industry workers
Architectural Digest: How to Support Your Community During This Difficult Time
Robb Report: Your Favorite Bars and Restaurants Are Closing. Here’s How to Help Them Reopen
Goop: How to Support Kids, Seniors, and Vulnerable Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Democracy Now! Facing Mass Layoffs, Restaurant Workers Living “Tip to Mouth” Demand Living Wage & Paid Sick Leave
Detroit Free Press: How to help others in metro Detroit: Foster a dog, donate money
Yahoo: How To Support Restaurants and Their Workers Right Now
Parade: Serve Your Servers: How to Help Restaurant Workers During Coronavirus Pandemic
MSN: Emergency Cash Available For Tipped Workers As Restaurants Close To Stop Coronavirus Spread
Los Angeles Times: Resources for restaurants and workers affected by the coronavirus crisis
Food & Wine: As Coronavirus Shutters Restaurants Across the Country, a Swell of Support for Workers Rises Up
Eater: A List of Relief Funds for Restaurants, Bars, and Food Service Workers
Crain’s New York: Gaps in health care make us all vulnerable
Crain’s Detroit: One Fair Wage raising money for emergency relief for service workers.
CBS News: These workers are going without pay during the coronavirus crisis. Here’s how to help.
Bon Appetit: How To Support Restaurants and Their Workers Right Now
Up Front – KPFA: Out of work: COVID-19 shuts down events and schools, what should be done to help workers?
Wired: Is it Ethical to Order Delivery During a Pandemic?
KQED: Low Income People Expected to Be Hardest Hit by Effects of Coronavirus Crisis
Boston Globe: For workers in the time of coronavirus, a troubling choice: work sick, or lose pay?
SF Chronicle: Coronavirus will hit low-wage workers hardest; ‘I won’t be able to pay my rent’
WNYC – The Takeaway: Why Many Restaurant Workers Will Go to Work Sick
February 2020
Grub Street: Why Restaurant Workers Are Protesting New York’s Minimum Wage Plan
Today: This working mom received a $9 paycheck for 70 hours of service – here’s why
The Counter: “If I want to be paid, I have to endure this”: Why restaurant workers say the tip credit is a civil rights issue
The Nation: New York Is Eliminating the Tipped Minimum Wage—Except for Restaurant Workers
Ms. Magazine: Restaurant Workers Demand “One Fair Wage” in New York
AMNY: Restaurant workers rally in Manhattan for a more equal ‘One Fair Wage’ plan
Gothamist: Restaurant Workers Left Out Of $15/Hour Minimum Wage Plan
January 2020
NY Daily News: Time for one fair wage for all: Gov. Cuomo and New York must now uplift restaurant workers too
Rep. Sara Jacobs at Ponce’s Mexican Restaurant in San Diego, CA KFMB (CBS San Diego)
Michigan Advance, “Lawrence: Minimum wage for tipped workers is ‘an insult'”
Newsweek, “Why Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema Will Headline Anti-$15 Minimum Wage, Anti-Union Event”
The Washington Post, “Trump’s PAC has not put its millions into push for ballot reviews he touts”
The New York Times, “As Diners Return, Restaurants Face a New Hurdle: Finding Workers”
White House, “A Proclamation on National Sexual Assault Prevention And Awareness Month, 2021”
Newsweek, “McDonald’s, Other CEOs Tell Inventors $15 Minimum Wage Won’t Hurt Business”
The Boston Globe, “For the hospitality industry, struggling to recover, it’s a moment of reckoning”
Jacobin, “The Subminimum Tipped Wage for Restaurant Workers Guarantees On-the-Job Harassment”
POLITICO, “Senate Democratic moderates push for minimum wage compromise”