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Waiting on change: Restaurant workers look to insurance, benefits

By , Special to The Daily Memphian Updated: January 18, 2024 10:32 AM CT | Published: January 15, 2024 4:00 AM CT

“Everything in our industry kind of changed post-COVID. Everybody wants to make $20 an hour and they want benefits,”said one local restaurateur. “The industry has never really been set up for that.”

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Joshua Carlucci

Joshua Carlucci

Joshua Carlucci is a food writer and professional cook from rural Central California. He is a Memphis transplant by way of New Orleans and New York City. He has a bachelor’s in English from UC Berkeley, a culinary diploma from the Institute of Culinary Education and is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Memphis. Find more of his work on his website, joshuacarlucci.com


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