Hospitality/Food

Queer Workers Form City-Wide Direct-Join Labor Union: First of its Kind in Louisville

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By Benjamin Berry In late October 2022, after months of organizing, the two dozen workers at local pizzeria, Pizza Lupo, notified management of their intention to unionize as members of the Louisville chapter of Restaurant Workers United (RWU). A young union founded at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, RWU uses a direct-join model through …

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LEE Initiative Lunch Break: Catching Up with Mark David Corely from Carollton

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“When I was growing up in Carollton, I used to daydream about gay bars in the big city and what it would be like to go there and dance to all the music I loved. In some ways, working at Big Bar is like living my wildest dreams.” Carrollton is a small community nestled among …

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LEE Initiative Lunch Break: Picking up Coffee with POCO’s Connie Hartsock

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“The thing is, I’ve always looked like this and believe it or not, it took me a long time to come out.” Chef Connie Hartsock laughed and cradled her freckled forehead in her palm framed by long red hair across the table from me at Fullstop. Connie’s first venture into the world of the service …

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Lee Initiative Lunch Break: Grabbing coffee with Dee Thornton

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If you’ve ventured down to Feast BBQ in the NuLu District of Louisville in recent years, you’ve almost certainly encountered Dee. Starting in a kitchen position in 2017, Dee now works up front, greeting and serving guests with a face full of freckles and the kind of warm demeanor you’d expect from a bbq restaurant …

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Queer Workers Form City-Wide Direct-Join Labor Union: First of its Kind in Louisville

LEE Initiative Lunch Break: Catching Up with Mark David Corely from Carollton

LEE Initiative Lunch Break: Picking up Coffee with POCO’s Connie Hartsock

Lee Initiative Lunch Break: Grabbing coffee with Dee Thornton

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