Once Essential, Now “Unskilled”: Food Workers Cope with Omicron

The omicron surge has made it hard for restaurant owners to operate safely, and steep declines in revenue are threatening permanent closures. Workers are being sidelined because of COVID-19 exposures and risk losing their critical health care coverage. Producer Caron Creighton reports on the struggles of the food industry and how once-celebrated workers now feel forgotten, despite still being on the front lines of the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices