This new data report from the Food Chain Workers Alliance analyzes Bureau of Labor Statistics data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages and Occupational Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the U.S. Department of Labor’s, Wage and Hour Compliance Action data.
Findings corroborate what we already know: food work is some of the most exploitative in the country. By basically any measure we looked at — from wages to food insecurity, injury rates, poverty rates, unionization levels and more— U.S. food workers fare worse than nearly all others.
Research Consultant: Winston Moore winston@foodchainworkers.org
Press Inquiries: Elizabeth Walle
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