Worker and Labor Issues of the Food Service Industry

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm University of Southern Maine, Portland • Hannaford Hall

Featuring: ‌

• David Weil of Brandeis University, former head of the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor under President Obama and author of The Fissured Workplace

• Saru Jayaraman, co-founder of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United and Director of the Food Labor Research Center at University of California Berkeley and author of Behind the Kitchen Door and Forked: A New Standard for American Dining.

• Panel discussion with Professor Michael Hillard, Director of Food Studies at USM; and Matt Schlobohm, Executive Director of the Maine AFL-CIO

The event is free and open to the public. More details here.