EPISODE · May 23, 2022 · 19 MIN
Desperately seeking restaurant workers
from Headlines From The Times · host Shannon Lin, Angel Carreras, Shani O. Hilton, Madalyn Amato, Ashlea Brown, Samantha Masunaga, David Toledo, Jazmín Aguilera, Kinsee Morlan, Carlos De Loera, Mario Diaz, Mark Nieto, Mike Heflin, Kasia Broussalian, Gustavo Arellano, Denise Guerra
The pandemic has made a lot of us rethink a lot of things. On the forefront of that existential rethink: restaurant workers. This realignment of priorities and personal interests drove lots of restaurant workers to quit. Now, two years after COVID-19 upended the restaurant industry, so many food spots are still short-staffed and help-wanted signs are seemingly everywhere. That's motivating employers to offer better pay, conditions and perks. Today, L.A. Times business reporter Samantha Masunaga discusses why the labor shortage is still a big problem for restaurant owners across the country and how they can persuade workers to come back. Read the full transcript here.
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Two years after COVID-19 upended the restaurant industry, food spots are still short-staffed -- and workers are looking elsewhere.
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