'The actual human beings who make up the hospitality industry simply will not be able to survive this disaster, and it is unconscionable that the people in charge, so far, seem willing to simply let them become casualties of the crisis'
There’s no time. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images The restaurant industry is facing an unprecedented existential crisis. The reality of a prolonged shutdown — two weeks? A month? Longer? — will mean the end of many restaurants and bars. The longer they’re closed, the more that simply won’t come back. People’s livelihoods and dreams, the communities they’ve created, the sweat and hard work and success they’ve achieved — that will all disappear.
When New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced that all restaurants and bars would have to shut down indefinitely, there was no mention that action would be needed to save restaurants or help the city’s service workers. And as more cities have shut down, there has seemed to be little in the way of such talk. San Francisco mayor London Breed announced a $10 million program for businesses to provide additional sick leave for workers, but it has felt like a lonely bright spot.
The only thing officials have done is worsen their situation by a lack of clear guidance or immediate action. These workers don’t have income or a clear path to another source of income, but they do have bills and they do have to feed themselves. They can’t count on the social safety net that’s been exposed in all its weaknesses — they’ve just been hung out to dry.
The hospitality industry does not offer its workers much in the way of stability. Most people in the industry live paycheck to paycheck, and don’t have any benefits beyond unemployment. Adequate health insurance and other benefits are hardly a given. A bill moving through Congress to provide paid sick leave to employees who don’t have it contains major loopholes that would leave out millions of workers.
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