August 23, 2017
Although the restaurant industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy, individuals who earn “tipped wages” remain particularly disenfranchised. The National Restaurant Association touts the false notion that “tip-earning employees can be among a restaurant’s highest earners.” In fact, industry wages are extremely low. People working… Read More»
Tags: minimum wage, Racial discrimination, racial justice, racial wage gap, Restaurant workers, ROC United, tipped minimum wage, tipped wage, tipped workers, Undocumented workers
October 5, 2016
A dominant narrative in the United States persists that if Black people would take personal responsibility and work hard, we could achieve gains similar to those of our white counterparts. And while the number of Black college graduates has quintupled over the past 50 years, the increase in education has… Read More»
Tags: BlackWorkMatters, Economic Policy Institute, education, income inequality, Institute for Policy Studies, M4BL, millennials, Movement for Black Lives, organize, racial wage gap, social movements, Vision for Black Lives, wage gap, wealth gap
