G. Allen Johnson February 17, 2021Updated: February 19, 2021, 11:33 am
Lily Tomlin canvasses in Michigan in support of a fair minimum wage for restaurant workers in Abby Ginzberg’s 2020 documentary “Waging Change.” Photo: PBS
Like an estimated 50% of all Americans, I have worked in the restaurant industry. In my home state of Indiana in the 1990s, before starting my journalism career, I was a server at a bar/restaurant and made $2.13 an hour. My primary income was from tips.
I was stunned to find out in East Bay filmmaker Abby Ginzberg’s new documentary, “Waging Change,” that tipped workers in Indiana, and most other parts of the country, are