TL;DR
The restaurant industry lost 105,000 jobs in September due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey and Irma. The loss was the biggest one-month loss in the sector's history.
Both Hurricane Harvey and Irma significantly affected this past month’s jobs report. According to a recent Nation’s Restaurant News article, jobs declined by 33,000 in September, which was the first employment decline since 2010.
During the month, the restaurant industry alone lost 105,000 jobs from the impact of the of the hurricanes. And in fact, this loss was the biggest one-month loss in the sector in the history of the report.
Before the storms hit, the restaurant industry was trending up in terms of job growth and since February 2010, 2.5 million workers have been added by restaurants.
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on October 11, 2017. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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