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SPW's avatar

Thank you so much for exposing one of the largest and most powerful lobbies in the country. Most restaurant workers employed work under conditions that haven’t changed in years. The pay is horrendous with the paying public expected to pick up the majority of the burden via tips. Funny how no one sees that as a tax. As for no health care coverage, I might could see that as a stretch too far for small family restaurants but for the big chains it’s inexcusable. Of course the ACA was supposed to fix a lot of this problem but we know that what’s left of it, thanks to republicans, is now in front of the Supreme Court and like the Right to Choose, is in severe danger of being gotten rid of completely. The restaurant lobby is a millstone around the service industry and now could actually be a threat to the nations health. Why not ask yourself if you really have to eat out now as much as you’re used to. By going home, opening a can of soup, grilling a cheese sandwich and adding a salad you made might save your life or the life of someone dear to you. Stop feeding the fat cats in the house until they clean up their act.

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Mark Block's avatar

I'd like to know which states have effective sick-leave laws, and also which restaurant businesses have paid sick leave. I might choose to patronize those chains over others.

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