advertisement advertisement advertisement Restaurant and hospitality workers lost more jobs during the pandemic than workers in any other industry . And those who are still working are shouldering more and more responsibilities, for lower and lower pay. The good news is that independent restaurant owners nationwide are changing their compensation models and reimagining every aspect of their businesses—using this crisis as an opportunity to fundamentally reimagine their industry for the better. Public policies need to follow suit. advertisement advertisement Unfortunately, the restaurant industry has an ugly history of wage injustice. When the United States government finally, formally, abolished slavery in the middle of the 19th century, the restaurant industry wanted to keep using unpaid labor . And through a network of well-heeled restaurants that would become the National Restaurant Association, one of the most powerful … [Read more...] about How we should reimagine restaurant work in a post-COVID-19 world