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Employees of Death & Co, an Award-Winning Bar, Are Unionizing

By Emma Orlow

City Sanitation Shuts Down Food Vendors in Queens

By Emma Orlow

Restaurant Workers at Rockefeller Center’s Lodi Are Unionizing

By Emma Orlow

Eleven Madison Park Reportedly Dropped Plans to Pay Staff More After Scathing Review

By Emma Orlow

Everything to Know About How the $2 Trillion Stimulus Helps (and Fails) Restaurants

NYC hospitality workers will earn their full salary while out of work, but loans to restaurants carry tight strings

By Ryan Sutton
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How NYC Restaurant Workers Are Getting Help So Far

By Ryan Sutton
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Registering for Unemployment Is Nearly Impossible Right Now, Restaurant Workers Say

By Ryan Sutton
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Union Square Hospitality Modifies Controversial New Staff Contract After Protest Rumors

By Tanay Warerkar
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New York Raises Wages for Tipped Workers — But Leaves Restaurants Out

By Ryan Sutton
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Delivery Workers Stage Protest Against Brooklyn Thai Restaurant for Alleged Stolen Wages

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Restaurateurs Are Scrambling to Cut Service and Raise Prices After Minimum Wage Hike

Some companies are looking to nix more than half a million dollars from costs in order to budget

By M. Tara Crowl
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Dinner for 2 at Eleven Madison Park Now Reaches $1,100

By Ryan Sutton
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New Study Shows NY Restaurant Jobs Increase Despite Tipped Minimum Wage Hike

By Ryan Sutton
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Restaurants Should Not Be Allowed to Add Surcharges to Checks

The industry is asking for the right to add an extra fee, but it would be bad for diners

By Ryan Sutton
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Restaurant Workers Are Left Behind in New York’s New Paid Parental Leave Program

By Ryan Sutton
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Danny Meyer Admits Large Portion of Staff Left Over No-Tipping Changes

By Serena Dai
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Per Se and Eleven Madison Park Both Hike Their Prices in the New Year

By Ryan Sutton
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The Creative, Risky Way Jeju Is Adapting to Higher Costs

Jeju Noodle Bar lets its cooks receive tips

By Ryan Sutton
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Danny Meyer’s Servers Claim They’re Paid Less After No Tipping, Report Says

By Serena Dai
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Danny Meyer Painted as No-Tipping Conspiracy Ringleader in New Lawsuit

By Stefanie Tuder
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Le Perigord Shutters After 53 Years to De-Unionize

By Serena Dai
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Xi’an Famous Foods Raises Prices 15 Percent, Citing Labor Costs

By Serena Dai
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New York’s Proposed Overtime Overhaul Would Give Restaurant Workers Hefty Raises

By Ryan Sutton
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Indian Hot Spot Babu Ji Slapped With Yet Another Wage Lawsuit

By Serena Dai
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Singing Servers of Ellen’s Stardust Diner Form a Union

By Serena Dai
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Four Seasons Staffers Consider Strike Ahead of Big Farewell

By Serena Dai
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New York Was Wrong to Exclude Tipped Workers From Full $15 Minimum

By Ryan Sutton
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NYS Restaurant Association Urges Cuomo Not to Raise Wages for Five Years

By Greg Morabito

National Restaurant Association Is Fighting the Minimum Wage Law in Court

By Serena Dai
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The $15 Fast Food Minimum Wage Decision is Legal, State Board Says After Industry Appeal

By Serena Dai

Ex-Pure Food and Wine Staff Suing MIA Owner, Hoping to Reopen Without Her

By Devra Ferst

State Expected to Recommend $15 Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers on Wednesday

By Devra Ferst