Above Photo: The children of participants in Oakland Bloom’s incubator program at a neighborhood “Small Business Saturday” event selling items prepared by the chefs in December 2021. Diana Wu. Serving More Than Food. Food service is not an industry that most would associate as a beacon of social or economic justice. In fact, the restaurant industry is notorious for providing paltry wages, for engaging in shocking levels of wage theft, and for generally being comprised of toxic work environments marked by sexual harassment and human trafficking. In the face of horrendous work environments and staggering levels of worker exploitation, many restaurant workers and their advocates are […]
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Above photo: The number of people working in the restaurant industry fell in August for the first time since April 2020. Watchara Phomicinda/MediaNews Group/The Press-Enterprise/Getty Images. NOTE: It seems workers are banding together more frequently in the United States to walk out or quit over unsafe working conditions and low wages. This is a critical part of building popular power and solidarity to win larger demands for basic necessities and a life of dignity. – MF Workers post a sign in the window about pay, hours, and a ‘lack of appreciation’. A restaurant in Georgia has slashed its opening hours after its […]
There is no evidence that keeping restaurants shut at night would significantly slow down Covid-19, so Berlin’s curfew order infringes on business freedoms, a court in the German capital has ruled. The Friday decision deals a blow to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s response to the latest surge in coronavirus cases, under which all German federal states agreed earlier this week to enforce common social distancing guidelines. The Berlin administrative court sided with the owners of 11 restaurants, which petitioned for an emergency injunction to overturn an order that forced them to remain closed between 11pm and 6am. The measure came into force […]
Restaurant Workers Are Building Solidarity Amid The Pandemic By Alice Herman, In These Times. October 2, 2020 Restaurant Workers Are Building Solidarity Amid The Pandemic2020-10-022020-10-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/rest-e1601665058621.jpg200px200px Above photo: Augie’s Coffee, a coffee chain in the Inland Empire of California, laid off 54 employees during the pandemic only a week after workers announced they would unionize, leading employees to stage a strike in July. Members of the Augie’s Union are part of a growing number of movements, like the Pie Hole Workers Union, to organize restaurant workers. Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times via Getty mages. When workers at a pizza joint refused to train the people […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/19/1080572930_80:0:1280:675_1200x675_80_0_0_0f90519cdf91245a237d3b3cfa355112.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009251080573084-over-500-restaurant-owners-rallying-in-frances-marseille-over-new-covid-19-restrictions/ MOSCOW, (Sputnik) – Hundreds of restaurant and bar owners in the French city of Marseille have gathered on the streets to express discontent over the fresh state-backed restrictions imposed in the city in line with the recent resurgence in the number of COVID-19 cases, which include the closures of bars and restaurants. “We want to work, we remain open,” the protesters who gathered outside the Marseille commercial court are shouting. Earlier in the week, the government put Marseille, along with the French overseas department of Guadeloupe, on the “red zone” list of highly infected […]
Angry racial justice activists were filmed threatening an elderly couple as they took over their table at an outdoor restaurant in St. Petersburg, Florida. The incident happened amid the protests over Breonna Taylor charges. The video circulating on social media shows dozens of protesters carrying “No justice, no peace” signs and chanting “Stand up, fight back!” outside a restaurant. At one point, an activist comes up and sits on an empty seat at a table occupied by an elderly couple. The woman says “This is my table” while trying to remove the activist from the seat but fails to do so. […]
A Black Lives Matter protest that began in Columbia Heights on Monday night confronted white diners outside D.C. restaurants, chanting “White silence is violence!” and demanding White diners show their solidarity. A black woman Monday night led several hundred protesters through DC’s Columbia Heights to protest the shooting of alleged sex offender Jacob Blake in Kenosha. The black activist asked the white protesters to step forward. This direction was given more than once, according to WaPo writer Fredrick Kunkle. TRENDING: “This Dude is Shooting at Us!” – BLM Run For Their Lives After Milwaukee Homeowner Fires Warning Shots at Protesters *Update* […]
Disturbing videos have emerged online showing Black Lives Matter demonstrators screaming and yelling at restaurant patrons in Washington DC., demanding that they raise their fists in support of the protest movement. In one scene which spread like wildfire on Tuesday, a large group of white protesters can be seen crowding around the table of a white woman at a Washington DC restaurant and demanding that she raise her fist to comply. “Are you a Christian?” one activist repeatedly yells. Others yell slogans including “White Silence is Violence” and “No Justice, No Peace.” As no videos have emerged showing the entire sequence […]
Coming soon to a neighborhood near you. The Black Lives Matter mob harassed, screamed at, flipped off and abused a young white couple sitting outside at an outdoor restaurant. Advertisement – story continues below The BLM mob was OUTRAGED that the young white couple would not raise the black power fist in support of the Marxist BLM movement. The white couple sat their calmly. At one point the young man put a face mask on. TRENDING: “This Dude is Shooting at Us!” – BLM Militants Run For Their Lives After Milwaukee Homeowner Fires Warning Shots at Protesters in His Neighborhood (VIDEO) […]
The Maine state government is in the doghouse with residents after an order mandating that restaurant staff wear face shields upside down, attached at the collar – what netizens dubbed “cones of shame” more befitting a family pet. The latest “Covid-19 prevention checklist” issued by Democratic Governor Janet Mills lays out a series of rules one might expect amid the pandemic – such as good hygiene and social distancing. But one guideline for restaurants has raised eyebrows, demanding that servers don collared face shields reminiscent of those fixed to dogs after a medical procedure. “Front-of-house staff may wear a face […]
Police were called on Sunday after a St. Louis woman sprayed employees at the Incredible Pizza Company after they asked her to leave for not wearing a face mask. The police issued a summons to the woman for assaulting three workers at the pizza restaurant. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/14/1079939907_0:328:2676:1833_1200x675_80_0_0_977d321bc6b6058abddec61920d9f58a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007201079939946-must-be-effing-psychotic-california-restaurant-defies-mandate-by-refusing-service-to-mask-wearers/ A shocking policy at a restaurant in Northern California of turning away customers who follow the state’s order to wear face coverings has ignited outrage on social media. The Apple Bistro – located in Placerville, about 40 miles northeast of Sacramento – has unfathomably been turning away customers who are following the state mandate for wearing face coverings while out in public spaces to slow the spread of COVID-19, local outlet KABC-TV reported. The restaurant is facing numerous complaints after customers stated that the staff refused to serve anyone wearing a mask, according to […]
We all know that one of the best parts of travel is experiencing local cuisine. Even right here in the U.S., there are certain foods from certain places that are just… well, better. Think about it: you can’t visit the south without experiencing traditional BBQ. You can’t tour NYC without noshing on a bagel. And you definitely can’t stop by Chicago without guzzling a deep-dish pizza. I mean, have you ever dreamt about clam chowder from North Dakota? Or a cheesesteak from Arizona? Somehow, I highly doubt it. So naturally, it was disappointing when summer vacation plans were cancelled. Obviously, we […]
Floridan advocates rallied at a grilled cheese cafe where they argued for the right to not wear a mask as well as the right for people to quarantine at home. Neighbors nearby who are self-quarantined shared their thoughts to those rallying. Click below to watch their rally! Source link
Michael Cohen, the former attorney of US President Donald Trump, is back in federal custody after reportedly refusing to comply with conditions necessary for his home confinement agreement with the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). “On May 21, 2020, Mr. Cohen was placed on furlough pending placement on home confinement,” a Bureau of Prisons official noted in a Thursday statement, according to ABC News. “Today, Michael Cohen refused the conditions of his home confinement and as a result, has been returned to a BOP facility.” However, Cohen’s legal team had a different interpretation of what led to the 53-year-old being handcuffed and […]
A Chattanooga restaurant was viciously harassed and threatened with arson after a local news station incorrectly reported they had donated food to a pro-police rally, ultimately forcing them to cancel the catering order. A caller threatened to burn down Shuford’s Smokehouse last week after a news outlet mistakenly reported that the 33-year-old Chattanooga barbecue spot had donated food for a pro-police ‘Back the Blue’ rally to be held that Saturday. It was far from the only threatening phone call the restaurant received, but it was enough to convince them to cancel the $1,000 order. Also on rt.com Tennessee newspaper apologizes after […]
I’m an immigrant—and I’m not alone. Padma Lakshmi opens each episode of her new Hulu series Taste the Nation with that mantra, and it’s one that’s powering the food author and TV host during the Trump administration’s all-out war on immigrants, from the “Muslim ban” and separating children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border to the recent suspension of immigrant-worker visas through 2021. “I find this disconnect between the policies that are made in Washington and how they actually affect people on the ground,” says Lakshmi. “I think it should be a requirement for each of these lawmakers deciding on […]
A week ago on Saturday night protesters torched the Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta following the death of Rayshard Brooks. One video that went viral online shows a white girl and ally of Black Lives Matter torching the Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta. The white girl is seen pouring lighter fluid inside the restaurant. TRENDING: SHOCKING! Susan Rice Quotes Trotsky, Says Trump Supporters Belong in the “Trash Heap of History” White girl shown in video footage starting a fire at @Wendys she needs to be found and arrested for arson!!! pic.twitter.com/aTHtsOe4Hu — 🇺🇸 RealYCruz 🇺🇸 (@realyobanicruz) June 14, 2020 The Wendy’s restaurant was […]
Social media users have unleashed a torrent of mockery upon Wendy’s and its support for Black Lives Matter, after one of its restaurants in Atlanta was burnt to the ground following the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks. The fast food restaurant was targeted by a furious mob hours after police gunned down Brooks, who resisted arrest and attempted to flee after being suspected of drunk driving. Wendy’s employees reportedly called the police after Brooks passed out at the wheel while waiting in the drive-thru line. Within hours of the shooting, protesters broke the restaurant’s windows and set fire to the […]
A CNN camera crew was assaulted and prevented from filming outside a Wendy’s in Atlanta – the scene of the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks. The building was torched by protesters amid a new wave of unrest in the city. Protesters targeted the restaurant after a black man, Rayshard Brooks, was gunned down by police in an adjacent parking lot. Video of the altercation apparently shows him resisting arrest and then attempting to flee before being shot. CNN national correspondent Natasha Chen arrived at the scene with four other colleagues to report on the situation, but their presence was not […]
One question was all it took for Cracker Barrel to begin trending on Twitter, with users slamming the restaurant as racist and others worrying it may be the next target for cancel culture. “Y’all ever walk in a place that just FEELS racist?” one user tweeted, before sharing a story of alleged discrimination at a “Southern-charm” store. After doing my research, I went back to buy it today. When I got to the counter, the cashier asked me if I was aware it was several hundred dollars… as if I would’ve come to checkout without knowing the price of the mattress […]
Safia Munye looks over the remains of her restaurant, Mama Safia’s Kitchen, on Saturday. It was destroyed last week during protests in Minneapolis. Jim Urquhart for NPR hide caption toggle caption Jim Urquhart for NPR Safia Munye looks over the remains of her restaurant, Mama Safia’s Kitchen, on Saturday. It was destroyed last week during protests in Minneapolis. Jim Urquhart for NPR On the south side of Minneapolis over the weekend, Safia Munye and her family walk up to the door of what was Mama Safia’s Kitchen. A volunteer from the neighborhood walks out onto Lake Street. “Is this your business?” […]
Restaurant Workers Mobilize In Right To Work States During COVID-19 By Clare Busch, Shadowproof. May 23, 2020 Restaurant Workers Mobilize In Right To Work States During COVID-192020-05-232020-05-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/restaurant-workers-stirke-usa-today-e1590261340989.jpg200px200px Above photo: Restaurant workers strike. USA Today. For the past eight years, Johnathan Bo-o has worked on and off in the service industry, starting as a dishwasher at a restaurant in an Atlanta suburb when he was 17. The restaurant Bo-o was serving at prior to the pandemic was better than his previous workplaces. He thought to himself, “I’m doing fine for right now.” Bo-o, who is 25 years old, now receives unemployment benefits after losing […]
The New Black Panthers protested at a Chinese restaurant in Washington, DC, on Tuesday because of racism in China. The organization has launched a full nationwide boycott of “Chinese merchants” over racism in the Asian nation. Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz, an attorney for the organization, said that the boycott is over “discrimination in the People’s Republic of China, as well as the behavior of Chinese companies in Africa.” The restaurant the group chose to protest was Yum’s on 14th Street in DC. A casual Chinese food place, beloved by the community, that also serves subs and chicken wings. TRENDING: BREAKING — […]
Ohio’s Twisted Citrus restaurant introduced the Rubber Duckie Mimosa, champagne and blue rasberry lemonade topped with a classic yellow rubber duck, to match its new shower curtain barrier. (Image credit: Courtesy of Kim Shapiro) Source link
A restaurant owner in Colorado has had enough. Despite an order to close and threats to burn the place down, Jesse Arellano decided to keep his restaurant, C&C Breakfast and Korean Kitchen in Castle Rock, open on Monday. “I had one person call me a Nazi and a white supremacist, and I said well I’m not even white so… I’m Spanish and Korean. We’ve had people say they want to burn the place down and hope we all die from coronavirus,” Arellano told CBS-4 in Denver. The owner said his restaurant is big enough to allow for social distancing as mandated […]