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The UC Berkeley Food Labor Research Center and One Fair Wage released a report on how a higher minimum wage impacts the ability of restaurants to stay open.
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
For these tipped workers, $15 minimum wage is a matter of COVID-19 survival
Many making subminimum wage don t earn enough to qualify for unemployment. During the pandemic, 6 million restaurant workers were left behind. Some tell their stories below.
Saru Jayaraman, Chantel St. Laurent, Alyson Martinez-Diaz, John Michael Alvarez, Haley Holland and Dominique Brown
Opinion contributors
Introduction by Saru Jayaraman
Biden’s initial decision (he has since said that the wage hike might not make it into the final package) demonstrates his understanding that the economy cannot recover after one of the most devastating pandemics in the nation s history unless millions of low-wage workers are able to recover.