Restaurant workers: We need relief payments to survive
Bartender McKenzie Nelson (in a file photo) is one of 12 employees of dining establishments who signed a letter that said, “We need relief for restaurant workers now.” (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
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“Many of us have already been living paycheck to paycheck, doing everything we can to make ends meet before the pandemic hit. Now, our hours are being cut due to the pandemic and we were already struggling to make rent and put food on the table.”
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