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McDonald's employees protest outside their workplace on April 9, 2021 in Los Angeles, to demand an end to what they consider workplace harassment, discrimination and retaliation, despite numerous attempts to reach a resolution with the franchise owners. September 2021
The year in staff resignations: Food industry workers recount what drove them to quit en masse
Business
by H. Claire Brown + Jessica Fu + Matthew Sedacca
10.06.2021
Business
Lawsuit seeking to hold Tyson Foods responsible for employee Covid-19 cases dismissed
News
by The Counter
09.28.2021
News
Restaurant hosts are on the frontline of the Covid culture wars
News
by The Counter
09.28.2021
News
A sticker with information on how to get help from human trafficking is posted on bathroom doors and mirrors above the sink inside the women’s restroom at a Casey’s gas station in Huntington, Indiana on Friday, September 17, 2021. photo by Pam Dempsey/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting
Human trafficking has long haunted agriculture. Experts fear it flourished during the pandemic.
Politics
by Amanda Pérez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America
09.28.2021
Politics
Up-close photo of someone washing their hands. September 2021
Covid-19 safety measures may also have reduced our risk of contracting a foodborne illness
Health
by Matthew Sedacca
09.24.2021
Health
HOPES youth justice involved pizza making. September 2021
During the pandemic, employers in the hospitality sector turned to the formerly incarcerated to fill jobs
Business
by Lela Nargi
09.23.2021
Business
A person collects a box of food at a walk-up food distribution bank for people facing economic hardship or food insecurity, in a church parking lot in Los Angeles, California, August 10, 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. September 2021
Despite the year’s turmoil, the number of food-insecure households remained steady from 2019 to 2020
Health
by Matthew Sedacca
09.10.2021
Health
A view of the kitchen prep of the restaurant Windows on the World (on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center), New York, New York, January 1977. September 2021
Hospitality in the face of tragedy: How NYC restaurant workers showed up for their communities in the wake of the 9/11 attacks
Culture
by Adam Reiner
09.09.2021
Culture
Farmworkers wear face masks while harvesting curly mustard in a field on February 10, 2021 in Ventura County, California.
Biden administration announces $600 aid payments to meatpacking and farm workers
Politics
by H. Claire Brown + Matthew Sedacca
09.08.2021
Politics