Publications and Research

Racial and Gender Equity

Overcoming the National Restaurant Association’s Attempt to Steal Workers’ Tips, Perpetuate Sexual Harassment, and Maintain Racial Exploitation

The Other NRA – Unmasking the Agenda of the National Restaurant Association

Picking up the NRA’s Tab – The Public Cost of Low Wages in the Full-Service Restaurant Industry

Stop the Other NRA – Trump and the National Restaurant Association: Scheming to Undermine Wages, Public Health, and Worker Rights, 2017

Bar Manager At Popular Boston Spots Fired Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations, August 2021

The restaurant putting workers in charge – and inequality on the chopping block, March 2021

Ending the Tipped Minimum Wage Will Reduce Poverty and Inequality, March 2021

The Great Service Divide – Occupational Segregation, Inequality, and the Promise of a Living Wage in the Seattle Restaurant Industry July 2020

Building the High Road to Racial Equity: Addressing Implicit Bias in the San Francisco Bay Area Restaurant Industry, May 2019

Building the High Road to Racial Equity: Addressing Implicit Bias in the San Francisco Bay Area Restaurant Industry, Executive Summary, May 2019

Ending Jim Crow in America’s Restaurants: Racial and Gender Occupational Segregation in the Restaurant Industry, October 2015

The Great Service Divide: Occupational Segregation and Inequality in the US Restaurant Industry, October 2014

The Great Service Divide: Occupational Segregation and Inequality in the US Restaurant Industry, Executive Summary, October 2014

The Great Service Divide: Occupational Segregation and Inequality in New Orleans, Executive Summary, October 2014

The Great Service Divide: Occupational Segregation and Inequality in Chicago, Executive Summary, October 2014

The Great Service Divide: Occupational Segregation and Inequality in Detroit, Executive Summary, October 2014

Blacks in the Restaurant Industry Brief, January 2012

Tipped Over the Edge – Gender Inequity in the Restaurant Industry, February 2012

The Great Service Divide: Occupational Segregation & Inequality in the New York City Restaurant Industry, March 31, 2009

Restaurant Workers

As An Advocate For Restaurant Workers, ROC Looks To Walk Its Talk, October 2021

Will Restaurant Employees Go Back to Work?, August 2021

Don’t Let Inflation Anxiety Undermine Our Future, August 2021

The restaurant industry has a shortage of women leaders. But the pandemic might change that, July 2021

Facing 60% Unemployment, Restaurant Workers Struggled During Pandemicurant Workers More Than Most, July 2021

The Fight For Paid Leave Could Benefit Restaurant Workers More Than Most, July 2021

Why restaurant jobs are going begging on Long Island, June 2021

Restaurant industry veterans reassess career choices post-pandemic, June 2021

Can’t get the staff: Restaurants turn to hiring apps as businesses struggle to find workers after COVID shutdowns and Biden welfare handouts, June 2021

The Real Reason Workers Aren’t Running Back to Restaurant Jobs, May 2021

Bosses are acting like the pandemic never happened, May 2021

‘We’ve failed low-wage workers:’ Restaurant owners raise pay in wake of labor shortage, May 2021

Changed by pandemic, many workers won’t return to old jobs, May 2021

Small restaurant jobs not protected under California’s “Right to Recall” law, May 2021

Customers are returning to restaurants, but many workers aren’t, May 2021

The Rise of Guaranteed Income Programs Could Offer a Lifeline for Food Workers, May 2021

DOL Readies Extended Delay of Trump’s Pro-Restaurant Tip Rule, April 2021

Yet another restaurant crisis: finding help. What that means for your dining experience, April 2021

Chicago Restaurant Owner Blames Stimulus Checks For Hiring Difficulty, April 2021

Masks Off, Mahi Mahi On. Restaurant Workers Are in a Race for Vaccines, March 2021

In Pittsburgh, a push to prioritize restaurant, hospitality workers for covid vaccines, March 2021

Column: We should pay more to eat in restaurants, March 2021

Other Voices: For decades, I’ve struggled without paid leave, March 2021

Asheville restaurants: Staffing crisis comes at crucial time as capacity rules relax, March 2021

Restaurant workers have done everything right. What are we doing for them?, Feb 2021

Looming Recession Will Not Stop Restaurant Growth But Could Hurt Workforce, August 2019

Stop the Other NRA — Trump and the National Restaurant Association: Scheming to Undermine Wages, Public Health, and Worker Rights, May 2017

Darden: At the Drop of a Dime, October 2014

High-Road Restaurants

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