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‘We’ve failed low-wage workers:’ Restaurant owners raise pay in wake of labor shortage
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Molly Mitchell poses for a portrait in her bakery and restaurant Rose s Fine Food and Wine in the Detroit, on Friday, May 14, 2021. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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Restaurant owners have been pleading for workers amid a widespread labor shortage, but laborers are firing back, saying a return to work under the status quo just won’t do.
A cultural shift in the industry could help with recruiting, but it needs to start with more respect for the profession from the top down, and that includes better wages and benefits, said Matt Millar, chef and co-owner of The Southerner in Saugatuck.
April 13, 2021
April 13, 2021
A case for a $15 minimum wage
Ohio’s minimum wage is too low to cover the basic cost of living, and does not reflect the value of work being done by Ohioans in low-paying jobs. At the dawn of the pandemic Ohio workers had made the state wealthier than ever, while their employers managed to rig the economy over four decades to keep more of the gains themselves. In the 40 years from 1979 to 2019, median wages grew 3.9% while 10thpercentile wages grew 1.6%.[5] Since its peak, the minimum wage has lost more than a quarter of its value.
Everyone deserves the chance to lead a healthy life; those who work deserve a wage that dignifies their contribution and covers the basics. Low wages have serious consequences for all Ohioans. Living in poverty creates chronic stress that shortens the lifespan of those who cope with it.
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In the past several years, former and current McDonald’s employees have increasingly come forward to share stories of the sexual harassment they allegedly experienced while working in the chain’s restaurants, In a new CBS
Sunday Morning segment, four women shared their personal accounts with correspondent Erin Moriarty.
Emily Anibal, who was 17 when she started working at McDonald’s in 2016, said a male shift manager “would make comments on my body, and other workers’ bodies, saying, like, ‘I would have sex with you, I wouldn’t have sex with her.’” Anibal added that the shift manager would comment on or touch employees “pretty much every shift, for most of the shift.”