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Southern Democrats, a key voting bloc at the time, objected to raising the pay of Black workers to be closer to those in jobs more likely done by White workers, said Rep. Alma Adams, North Carolina Democrat, chairwoman of the House Education and Labor Committee’s workforce protections subcommittee.
“After 80 years, the FLSA still includes aspects of our nation’s history and racial discrimination by expressly denying farmworkers, domestic workers and tip workers the full protections of wage and hour protections,” she said.
Ending the disparity of the tipped minimum wage has been a goal on the far left for years, though without tying the issue to racism.
Dems have a plan to undo slavery and past racism
House Democrats on Monday are excited about their plans to undo slavery and past racism by raising the minimum wage of tip workers and giving overtime pay to farm and live-in domestic workers.
Uh, okay, but dead slaves don’t care. We can’t undo a horrible injustice for those who are deceased.
Democrats want to undo slavery and long-ago discriminatory policies. Republicans said it would overstep federal authority, harm the economy and cost the workers their jobs.
Businesses are struggling to survive, and the borders are wide open. This looks like bad timing.