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April 2022
Upscale Oakland restaurant Calavera settles wage theft lawsuit with 263 workers
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February 2022
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Chachi’s ordered to pay employees $45,700 in back wages for overtime worked
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July 2021
Georgia restaurant declares new 'No vax, no service' policy after breakthrough infection outbreak
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June 2021
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Acclaimed Seattle Chef’s Staff Quits After Sexual Misconduct Allegations
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May 2021
Island Residents Protest at the Willows Inn After Workplace Allegations
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State of California Orders Baja Fresh to Pay Nearly $400,000 for Wage Theft
March 2021
The Fight to Unionize Georgia’s Hospitality Industry Is Underway
A Tip Pooling Dispute at Venice Steakhouse Has Led Six Servers to Protest
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Popular LA Korean Barbecue Restaurant Genwa Fined $2.1 Million for Labor Violations
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January 2021
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December 2020
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November 2020
Elite Wine Group Suspends Master Sommeliers
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October 2020
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September 2020
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July 2020
Win Son Co-Founder Trigg Brown Steps Away Following Allegations of Hostile Work Environment
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June 2020
Restaurant Employees Become the Unexpected Enforcers of Mask Policies
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May 2020
The Un-Heroic Reality of Being an ‘Essential’ Restaurant Worker
Six Questions Restaurant Workers Should Ask Their Employers Before Returning to Work
April 2020
How One Chef Is Feeding LA’s Hospital Workers, 100 Enchiladas at a Time
Fast-Food Companies Are Finally Attempting to Provide Protective Gear for Employees
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Tom Colicchio on Where the Stimulus Falls Short for Restaurants
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March 2020
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America’s Independent Restaurants Struggle to Provide Sick Leave. That’s Got to Change.
Chipotle Still Disregards Sick Leave Laws Despite New Coronavirus Urgency, NYC Staffers Claim
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February 2020
NLRB announces new rule making it harder to challenge franchises for labor-law violations
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Tennessee Lawmakers Could Raise the Wages of Tipped Workers
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January 2020
Chipotle Fined for Committing Over 13,000 Child Labor Violations
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Lawsuit Accuses McDonald’s of Driving Out Black Employees
Ken Friedman of the Spotted Pig Will Pay $240,000 in Sexual Harassment Case
December 2019
Restaurants accused of wage theft to be outed in Santa Clara County
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Food Service Is Grueling Work - So More And More Workers Are Organizing
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November 2019
McDonald's to pay $26 million to settle California wage lawsuit
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Charlie Hallowell Sold Western Pacific, the Restaurant Opened Amid His Sexual Harassment Scandal
Former Employee Files Sexual Harassment Class Action Lawsuit Against McDonald’s
October 2019
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Salt Bae Sprinkles Some Tip Pooling and Wage Theft in Miami Restaurant, Lawsuit Alleges
June 2019
May 2019
Why Fury Toward McDonald’s Is at an All-Time High
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April 2019
Trump's Labor Department Just Made It Harder for Fast-Food Workers to Sue Corporations
March 2019
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February 2019
Restaurateurs Are Scrambling to Cut Service and Raise Prices After Minimum Wage Hike
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January 2019
Salt Bae swiped our tips, then fired us for complaining: suit
December 2018
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October 2018
Oakland Chef Accused of Sexual Harassment Opens New Restaurant
Three SoCal Thai Restaurants Fined Over $1 Million For Violating Labor Laws
3 Thai restaurants in Los Angeles area cited for more than $1 million in wage theft
September 2018
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Following Sexual Harassment Suit, DC Chef Mike Isabella Files for Bankruptcy
August 2018
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July 2018
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June 2018
Cheesecake Factory Forced to Pay $4.57 Million to SoCal Janitors For Wage Theft
May 2018
Restaurant Workers' Rights Slashed by Supreme Court
Zuni Café hit with labor lawsuits even as it receives James Beard award
April 2018
Why the Restaurant Industry Is Done with Angry Chefs
Embattled Charlie Hallowell Restaurant Sold to a Former Employee and Her Husband
March 2018
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#MeToo Called for an Overhaul. Are Workplaces Really Changing?
Lawsuit accuses celebrity chef Mike Isabella of ‘extraordinary’ sexual harassment
February 2018
Fast-Food Corporations Are Still Responsible for Franchisee Labor Violations
Thai Town Restaurant Fined $500K For Paying Employees Only $4 an Hour
Feds Sue Encinitas Italian Restaurant over Pregnancy Discrimination Claims
When Harassment Is the Price of a Job
Mission Chinese Is a 'Hotbed of Racial Discrimination,' New Suit Alleges
January 2018
Boot & Shoe Service Employees Resign After Owner Accused of Harassment Refuses to Divest
After the Apologies, Restaurants Struggle to Change
Four Barrel Coffee settles sexual harassment suit
Scandals Keep Breaking, but Restaurateurs Have Yet to Own Up
December 2017
Anthony Bourdain Calls Out Toxic Kitchen Culture in Speech to Culinary School Grads
Ken Friedman, Power Restaurateur, Is Accused of Sexual Harassment
Mario Batali Steps Away From Restaurants Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Restaurant Workers File More Sexual Harassment Claims Than Employees of Any Other Industry
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November 2017
New Orleans restaurant workers band together to fight sexual harassment
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Women in the Service Sector Are at the Forefront of Resisting Sexual Harassment
October 2017
Anthony Bourdain Wonders What He Could Have Done
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August 2017
Fed judge hands EEOC summary judgment in Bob Evans pregnancy bias case
April 2017
Workers Find Winning a Wage Judgment Can Be an Empty Victory
April 2016
Calavera Accused of Wage Theft, Hit With Class Action Lawsuit
March 2016
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