MondaysOffPod

Podcast about the bar & restaurant industry & folks trying to make it better for workers. Launched in the year of our Covid, 2020 by @karinastenquist.

[MondaysOffPod @MondaysOffPod]

Connecting w/ bar & restaurant workers of all kinds 2 talk Covid, working life, & how folks are making it better! 💪
Recording convos w/ peeps around the country, get in touch if you have a story!
#bars #restaurants #Covid #barlife #industrylife #kitchenlife

[Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit]

“All that government paid socialism was awesome for me but fuck anyone else who might think it’s a good idea for them”

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

Tomorrow Seattle will not only be home to Starbucks HQ, but will be home to the first unionized Starbucks store on the West Coast!

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

Not to be that guy but this should be the biggest news out there right now

[MondaysOffPod @MondaysOffPod]

@matt_lardie Audio - and I can use it in both English and Spanish versions.

[charlie @BUNNlCULA]

i think it’s so sick that after the first 3 months nobody has acknowledged that essential workers are in a hostage situation lmfao

[The Debt Collective 🟥 @StrikeDebt]

Federal student loans have been paused for 653 days and the sky hasn't fallen. Folks, the government doesn't need our payments. They never did.

[Karina Stenquist @karinastenquist]

Mood as I head to work this holiday week as my income (not yet at pre-pandemic levels) depends on ppl crowding into a bar where 90% of them will be unmasked 90% of the time during the nth wave of COVID and our gov’t basically shrugs and sends student loan emails . #happyholidays

[Karina Stenquist @karinastenquist]

Every job will be automated until four remain: busser, bartender, line cook, and dishwasher.

[MondaysOffPod @MondaysOffPod]

Just saw the #whitelotus finale and real mad at myself for letting this podcast fade out because I'd love to have a discussion about its #serviceindustry heroes.
Armond, I salute you.

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

Our work is to save lives.

Whether it’s Afghanistan, Haiti, Lebanon, or communities facing extreme hardship worldwide—one thing we could do to save lives RIGHT NOW is become a country that welcomes more refugees with open arms.

Refugees must be welcome here.

[MondaysOffPod @MondaysOffPod]

Ok, so how do we organize for the sakes of all the Afghan refugees our country is creating? I think that’s the question right?

[Karina Stenquist @karinastenquist]

The fall of Kabul finally lured me back on to Twitter. Nice to have a break from COVID & climate anxiety and go back to good old “greatest purveyors of violence in the world”-type angst. Glad to spend my day off here. Back to service industry in flames tomorrow. #makemineadouble

[MondaysOffPod @MondaysOffPod]

The folks committing these frauds seem...not so clever. Like - I'm more worried about the ones funneling funds and not buying conspicuous luxury cars.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The government has seized the Ferrari, Lamborghini and Bentley he is said to have purchased with PPP funds. https://t.co/257wyDy6cc

[Fair State Co-op Workers' Union @fairstate_union]

As vaccinations continue to roll out, as safety guidelines are relaxed, as it feels like there's some sort of return to "business as usual", let us not forget that even after receiving a second shot there are tens of thousands of workers struggling to regain what was lost.

[Canadian Restaurant Workers Coalition @CRWC8]

“We are so sick and tired of restaurant owners assuming we want a handout. We want to work, but we also want to be treated like human beings. We haven’t been for way too long”
#saverestaurantworkers

[The Restaurant Manifesto @restofesto]

Complain all you want about worker shortages. Restaurant workers that were laid off within days of the first Covid lockdowns owe the restaurant owners that laid them off NOTHING.

[Heidi Shierholz @hshierholz]

The footprint of a bona fide labor shortage is *rising wages*. Employers who truly face shortages of workers will respond by bidding up wages to attract those workers, and employers whose workers are being poached will raise wages to retain their workers, and so on. 8/

[Heidi Shierholz @hshierholz]

There are certainly a lot of anecdotal reports right now of employers not being able to find the workers they need, particularly in restaurants. But unemployment is still very elevated—particularly among restaurant workers. What’s going on? 1/

[MondaysOffPod @MondaysOffPod]

@restofesto Here are 17 restaurants where you can enjoy yourself amid shattered dreams and lives of those serving you with a smile.

[Miguel @decapede]

It's not a gaffe, it's a hidden article of faith in the liberal worldview: black people and people of color are valuable because of the oppression they suffer, not because of their inherent humanity