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
March 27, 2014
Yesterday, the White House released a report highlighting how updating the federal minimum wage to $10.10 and indexing it to inflation is critical in closing the gender wage gap. Women make up 55 percent of all workers who would benefit from Congress enacting such a wage hike. The report comes… Read More»
Tags: minimum wage, tipped wage, tipped workers, tips, White House, women
