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“Where the Next Meal Is Coming From”: Policy Mix to Support Restaurant Workers in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“Where the Next Meal Is Coming From”: Policy Mix to Support Restaurant Workers in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Shalin Hai-Jew
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 54
ISBN13: 9781799883463|ISBN10: 1799883469|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799883470|EISBN13: 9781799883487
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8346-3.ch002
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Hai-Jew, Shalin. "“Where the Next Meal Is Coming From”: Policy Mix to Support Restaurant Workers in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic." External Events and Crises That Impact Firms and Other Entities, edited by Heather C. Webb and Hussain Al Numairy, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 24-77. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8346-3.ch002

APA

Hai-Jew, S. (2022). “Where the Next Meal Is Coming From”: Policy Mix to Support Restaurant Workers in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In H. Webb & H. Al Numairy (Eds.), External Events and Crises That Impact Firms and Other Entities (pp. 24-77). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8346-3.ch002

Chicago

Hai-Jew, Shalin. "“Where the Next Meal Is Coming From”: Policy Mix to Support Restaurant Workers in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic." In External Events and Crises That Impact Firms and Other Entities, edited by Heather C. Webb and Hussain Al Numairy, 24-77. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8346-3.ch002

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Abstract

Given the intimacy of food preparation and service, the close proximity of diners and staff, the general inability to eat comfortably while masked, the warm emotional atmospherics of restaurants, and the limits to restaurant ventilation, the current SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic has meant shutdowns of restaurants across the United States early in the pandemic and then partial re-openings later with public health constraints. Some restaurants applied for the Small Business Administration (SBA)'s Paycheck Protection Program's funds in March 2020 to cover 2.5 months maximum of costs. Huge swaths of the restaurant industry have closed permanently, and many others are slated to close in the near future. Based on a content analysis, this work explores the plight of restaurant workers in the academic research and mass media literature and applies abductive reasoning to propose an approach for a policy mix that may better inform the present challenges with social justice considerations.

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