Name: Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz helps launch Plate Fund to help Washington restaurant workers
Brand: king5.com
SKU: king5-com-4
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz helps launch Plate Fund to help Washington restaurant workers

preview

Breaking NewsWorkers can apply for a $500 grant through The Plate Fund.6:22 AM PDT April 6, 2020SEATTLE — A new fund launched Monday designed to give immediate financial assistance to restaurant workers in King County.hopes to provide as many restaurant workers as possible with a payment of $500 as they await federal stimulus payments expected to be distributed in the coming weeks.Unemployment numbers in Washington state at the end of March with tens of thousands more people in the state filing new claims as non-essential businesses remain closed due to the ongoing pandemic. The job losses come as the state is under a stay-at-home order issued by Gov. Jay Inslee that closed non-essential businesses.The order is impacting roughly 5,000 restaurants in Seattle, resulting in workers being laid off or furloughed.RELATED:The Plate Fund estimates there are roughly 100,000 restaurant workers in Seattle are impacted.Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz helped organize the Plate Fund.The Schultz Family Foundation, along with dozens of Seattle restaurant owners, launched the fund with $4 million in initial seed funding.With so many restaurant workers in the county, organizers hope to grow the fund and are accepting donations.Restaurant workers in King County who have been financially impacted by all the closures can apply for the $500 grant. The fund said it will work to prioritize workers who need it most but hope to help anyone who applies and meets the criteria. &nbsp;RELATED:Applicants wills need to upload a pay stub after March 1, 2020, demonstrate that their gross income is no more than $62,000 per year and verify they have experienced a decrease in work hours of a loss of their job.If eligible, applicants could receive grant funding 48 hours after completing the application.Paid AdvertisementNotifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings.No ThanksAllow

Breaking NewsWorkers can apply for a $500 grant through The Plate Fund.6:22 AM PDT April 6, 2020SEATTLE — A new fund launched Monday designed to give immediate financial assistance to restaurant workers in King County.hopes to provide as many restaurant workers as possible with a payment of $500 as they await federal stimulus payments expected to be distributed in the coming weeks.Unemployment numbers in Washington state at the end of March with tens of thousands more people in the state filing new claims as non-essential businesses remain closed due to the ongoing pandemic. The job losses...

public

Kalie Greenberg

king5.com

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz helps launch Plate Fund to help Washington restaurant workers

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS