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The Social Soup is a monthly
reflection on the social,
economic, and environmental
issues surrounding food.
Universit y Dining S e rv ice s
provides FRE E vege ta r ia n
soup wit h fres h,
loc ally- grown ingre d ie nts
c ourtesy of Real Foo d R is ing
Questions? Contact:
Katie Hunt ([email protected])
or Dr. Lindsay Gezinski
([email protected])
Behind the Kitchen Door
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 • 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Okazaki Community Meeting Room (155)
University of Utah College of Social Work
395 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City
The restaurant industry is the second largest private sector employer
in the United States, yet its workers are paid some of the lowest wages
in America. Money and powerful political forces strongly influence the
industry’s discriminatory labor practices, minimum wage standard,
access to health care, gender inequality, exploitation of undocumented
immigrants, and more. Presenter Saru Jayaraman – co-founder and codirector of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United and director of the
Food Labor Research Center at the University of California Berkeley – will
outline a solution to these problems and explain why social justice in the
restaurant industry is about more than we might realize.