Another hospitality comrade here. I am a sommelier. I realize how ironic a socialist sommelier seems but being surrounded by opulence and wealth, the insane culture of consumption and fetishization , and the bourgeoisification of food and wine has been such a strong radicalizing force to me.
I know we’re about as far from manufacturing/industry as it gets, but I think hospitality is pretty good ground for producing proletarians: we work in teams, long hours, late nights, most workplaces are very exploitative, we get pretty bad pay compared to most sectors. We don’t even get the much-vaunted “weekend” that was such a huge victory of the labour struggles all those years ago.
Yeah 100 %. The solidarity that comes about from all those 12 hour days, from the usually illegal working conditions, and finding your place in your adoptive restaurant fam is real as hell.
Another hospitality comrade here. I am a sommelier. I realize how ironic a socialist sommelier seems but being surrounded by opulence and wealth, the insane culture of consumption and fetishization , and the bourgeoisification of food and wine has been such a strong radicalizing force to me.
I know we’re about as far from manufacturing/industry as it gets, but I think hospitality is pretty good ground for producing proletarians: we work in teams, long hours, late nights, most workplaces are very exploitative, we get pretty bad pay compared to most sectors. We don’t even get the much-vaunted “weekend” that was such a huge victory of the labour struggles all those years ago.
Real early-20th century coal miner shit 😅
Yeah 100 %. The solidarity that comes about from all those 12 hour days, from the usually illegal working conditions, and finding your place in your adoptive restaurant fam is real as hell.