As Hotels And Restaurants Suffer, Some Offer Innovation And Hope

Virus Outbreak Illinois
Associated Press
Virus Outbreak Illinois
Associated Press

As Hotels And Restaurants Suffer, Some Offer Innovation And Hope

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Leisure and hospitality businesses are suffering due to COVID-19, but many in the industry are fighting — and getting creative — to survive.

Reset hears from a hotel union that’s working to help its Chicago-based workers survive job losses and a local chef who is helping provide mutual aid for others in her industry as COVID-19 continues to force restaurants and other food businesses to close.

GUESTS: Karen Kent, president of UNITE HERE Local 1, which represents hotel and other hospitality workers in Chicago and Northwest Indiana

Jennifer Kim, former chef at Passerotto, creator of alternative economy