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San Francisco Public Press & KSFP, Mel Baker
Facing widespread unemployment, restaurant workers have struggled during the pandemic
30 minutes Posted Jul 24, 2021 at 1:00 am.
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The pandemic and related precautions affected millions of restaurant workers around the country — unemployment in the restaurant industry shot up to more than 40% nationwide in April 2020, and to 60% in the Bay Area, according to the State of Restaurant Workers report from the advocacy group Restaurant Opportunities Centers United. Zoe Caras, national research associate for the organization, explains what the report found in the Bay Area and what those numbers meant for workers.