# Professor Hans Taparia is quoted in an article exploring how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the fast food industry and its workers

1 Faculty News May 6, 2020 ![PIX 11 News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/pix11news.jpg?itok=muG8wdmP)>

Excerpt from [Pix11](https://www.pix11.com/news/coronavirus/fast-food-workers-still-fighting-for-wages-benefits-and-safety-during-pandemic) -- "PIX11 News asked NYU Stern School of Business’s [Hans Taparia](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/hans-taparia) if working through these conditions would give them more leverage moving forward. 'I think the social justice efforts will pick up steam,” Taparia said. “But the corporation is getting more powerful… and with large unemployment the leverage shifts to the corporation.'”

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