Restaurants in the Big Apple and other major US cities may be short-handed on Thursday.
Immigrant food-service workers are planning a work stoppage and protest in a number of cities, including New York and Washington, DC.
“A day without immigrants” reads a flyer in Spanish that has been widely distributed. It goes on: “Dear President, without our support this country will be paralyzed.”
The workers and many employers who support them, including celebrity chef Tom Colicchio and the owners of Blue Ribbon in New York, are voicing their anger over anti-immigrant rhetoric during the election campaign and since the Jan. 20 inauguration of President Trump.
“We support our people and want them to be heard,” said Doug Griebel, chairman of Rosa Mexicano, a chain of more than 15 eateries. “It’s a tough situation because we also want enough staff in our restaurants.”
Some restaurateurs, including Eric and Bruce Bromberg, who own more than half a dozen Blue Ribbon outlets, are planning to close most of their NYC eateries for the day due to an expected shortage of workers.
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