Here’s some of what’s happening in Austin’s culinary scene, as the threat of COVID-19 begins to diminish (among the vaccinated, at least) and the city tries to regains its social, economic, and ideological footing. Yes, citizen, it s your
Food News Buffet for the third week of May …
Squeeze time, comrades: There’s an
employees’ strike at several local JuiceLand stores as of this writing, with production workers and shop workers withholding their labor to spotlight a series of demands –
better wages, better working conditions, greater accountability on matters of racism and sexism. These are workers in solidarity without an official union, fighting as best they can under the circumstances; how this struggle might ultimately improve their situation – how the rapidly expanding company’s management will choose to respond and operate in the midst of (and in the wake of) these actions – remains to be seen …