Safety for restaurant workers


Safety for restaurant workers
The Issue
Safety for restaurant workers in all areas.
My biggest issue so far so not having to wear a mask but having to wear a mask that isn't safe, doesn't protect us from the air around us but instead matches the uniform. Because wearing all black uniform is more important than our lungs. The look we give off is always more important than our safety.
My second issue is the amount of times we have almost and have gotten hit by cars in parking lots. Why? Because people don't pay attention. They don't look and they don't care. It's a very high demand of "give me my food, I want it now". I personally have asked our manager for safety equipment in the parking lot and she told me, Darden has already denied the money being spent for the safety equipment. Whether it be vests or cones.
Most employees are doing the work of 2 or 3 people. Some of the kitchen staff are working way more than what any one person should have to endore. In the beginning they didn't want to pay dish washers. So the cooks were cleaning the dishes and going right back to cooking. With 25% capacity, in our restaurant that's 90people allowed in the building. Less staff equals more dine in guests.

The Issue
Safety for restaurant workers in all areas.
My biggest issue so far so not having to wear a mask but having to wear a mask that isn't safe, doesn't protect us from the air around us but instead matches the uniform. Because wearing all black uniform is more important than our lungs. The look we give off is always more important than our safety.
My second issue is the amount of times we have almost and have gotten hit by cars in parking lots. Why? Because people don't pay attention. They don't look and they don't care. It's a very high demand of "give me my food, I want it now". I personally have asked our manager for safety equipment in the parking lot and she told me, Darden has already denied the money being spent for the safety equipment. Whether it be vests or cones.
Most employees are doing the work of 2 or 3 people. Some of the kitchen staff are working way more than what any one person should have to endore. In the beginning they didn't want to pay dish washers. So the cooks were cleaning the dishes and going right back to cooking. With 25% capacity, in our restaurant that's 90people allowed in the building. Less staff equals more dine in guests.

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Petition created on July 28, 2020