This report from the Food Chain Workers Alliance looks at wages, injuries, food insecurity, and unionization levels, among other living and working conditions for frontline food workers in the United States.
The data corroborates what we already know: food work is some of the most exploitative in the country. By basically every measure we looked at, U.S. food workers fare worse than nearly all others.
This report 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, as well as the U.S. Department of Labor’s, Wage and Hour Compliance Action data.
Research Consultant: Winston Moore winston@foodchainworkers.org
Press Inquiries: Elizabeth Walle
elizabeth@foodchainworkers.org