May 4, 2021 Lawmakers, Restaurant Workers Calling For Minimum Wage Boost
(Harrisburg, PA) State lawmakers and restaurant workers are calling for a boost in the minimum wage. Many restaurant servers and bartenders are being paid around two-dollars and 83-cents an hour and survive off tips, but workers say that is not enough to survive today. Department of Labor and Industry officials say the ridiculously low tipped wage grants managers an unprecedented power to reward or punish workers with shifts, tables and tasks that can make or break bank accounts. They added that this has fostered an environment where racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination can flourish. The workers and officials are demanding that every worker in the state be paid at least 12-dollars an hour.
May 4, 2021 Lawmakers, Restaurant Workers Calling For Minimum Wage Boost
(Harrisburg, PA) State lawmakers and restaurant workers are calling for a boost in the minimum wage. Many restaurant servers and bartenders are being paid around two-dollars and 83-cents an hour and survive off tips, but workers say that is not enough to survive today. Department of Labor and Industry officials say the ridiculously low tipped wage grants managers an unprecedented power to reward or punish workers with shifts, tables and tasks that can make or break bank accounts. They added that this has fostered an environment where racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination can flourish. The workers and officials are demanding that every worker in the state be paid at least 12-dollars an hour.