'This is not a 'Great Resignation,' but rather a Great Rejection of low-wage work.'
in January 2022, and remains 900,000 jobs short of where it was prior to the pandemic, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"Typically Valentine's Day is the highest-grossing day in the restaurant industry, but this year the restaurant industry is struggling," said Saru Jayamaran, President of One Fair Wage, during a."Not because of Covid-19 and the decline of business and sales, but because this is the worst staffing crisis in the history of this industry in the U.S.
Ending the subminimum wage would also abolish a shameful relic of slavery. Tipping became prevalent in the United States after the Civil War, when restaurants and railway companies embraced the practice because it meant they didn't have to pay wages to recently freed slaves. The racial biases that created the practice of tipping are still prevalent in the industry today.
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