Byline: Matthew Murray

That is all well and good but what about the workers?  What about the people crammed into the kitchen for hours on end?  What about the servers who are now coming face-to-face with every customer who comes through the door? As much as we are thinking about the patrons, we should also be thinking about the workers.  Are we putting the workers health and safety at risk?  

PASS member Mike Yanis said he was “happy that this shutdown is over” but is concerned that it will happen again. He wants to see Congress take action to fully fund the government for the long term “instead of these constant short-term continuing resolutions.”

“In the five weeks since the Families Belong Together rallies, more than 3,000 Granite Staters have stood up to say that these checkpoints are a violation of both our civil rights and our New Hampshire values, and that they’ll be voting on these issues in the fall,” the petition organizers wrote.