Emergency fund now available for King County restaurant workers
A new fund launched Monday designed to give immediate financial assistance to restaurant workers in King County.
The Plate Fund 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 spiked 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 coronavirus 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.
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