[Occupymendocino] 40% of Restaurant Workers Live Near Poverty

[Richard Karch]

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/08/40-percent-restuarant-workers-live-near-poverty


It isn't just fast-food empires that rely on a low-paid, disempowered, and quite-often impoverished workforce. As a stomach-turning new report (PDF viewablehere) from the Economic Policy Institute shows, the entire restaurant industry hides a dirty little labor secret under the tasteful lighting of the dining room.

Here are some highlights:
• The restaurant industry is a massive and growing source of employment. It accounts for more than 9 percent of US private-sector jobs—up from a little more than 7 percent in 1990. That's nearly a 30 percent gain.
• The industry's wages have stagnated at an extremely low level.


http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/08/40-percent-restuarant-workers-live-near-poverty

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