Sanctuary Restaurants is a nationwide initiative offering resources to restaurants, enabling them to support diners and restaurant employees who find themselves targeted or impacted by harassment, bigotry, or xenophobia. Over the following months we’ll be talking to owners and chefs of Sanctuary Restaurants about why they joined the organization and what they hope to accomplish. In this installment, Paul Saginaw—Co-owner and founding partner of Zingerman’s Deli and Zingerman’s Community of Businesses in Ann Arbor, Michigan—tells us how he built a successful business by going against the grain and giving employees fair pay and a voice, and how failing to protect the rights of immigrant workers will be detrimental to the restaurant industry.
