More than 8M restaurant workers out of job in US: poll

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More than 8 million restaurant workers have been laid off or furloughed in the U.S. as the result of the coronavirus measures’ impact on the economy, according to a survey published on Monday.

The National Restaurant Association’s survey showed that 88% of the restaurant operators across the U.S. cut their employment since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in March.

On average, the operators cut 83% of their restaurant’s total staffing, while 41% laid off or furloughed all of their staff.

The figure represents “more than two-thirds of the 12 million employees that were working at the nation’s eating

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