Listen • 53:03 Labor Groups & Gig Workers Continue The Fight Against Prop 22 For Fair Pay & Worker Protections
On this edition of Your Call, we re discussing the fallout of the passage of Proposition 22, a ballot measure that defines California’s gig workers as… Listen • 53:03
Still from the Abby Ginzburg documentary ‘Waging Change.’
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WAGING CHANGE The situation for restaurant workers has become dire because of the pandemic, but there have been unfair working conditions in the industry for a long time.
Waging Change, a documentary by Abby Ginzberg, profiles restaurant workers who are trying to feed themselves and their families off tips. It covers the movement to end the federal tipped wage minimum at $2.13 and shines a light on the effects of the #MeToo movement to end sexual harassment in the industry. The film features Saru Jayaraman, who is the president of One Fair Wage and director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Watch the film and learn how to get involved to support restaurant workers. Broadcast on KQED 9 on
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On this edition of Your Call, we re discussing Waging Change, a new documentary that shines a light on the challenges tipped workers face who are struggling to make ends meet. For years, they have been organizing to end the tipped worker minimum wage, which is under $5 an hour in 43 states. In some states, the tipped wage is $2.13 an hour.
President Biden has promised to raise the federal minimum wage, which hasn t moved in 11 years. Congressional Democrats have reintroduced the Raise the Wage Act, which would gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2025. It would also phase out the $2.13 per hour subminimum tipped wage. What else are tipped workers calling for?
Abby Ginzberg
On this edition of Your Call, we discuss
Waging Change, a new documentary that shines a light on the challenges tipped workers face who are struggling to make ends meet. For years, they have been organizing to end the tipped worker minimum wage, which is just $2.13 an hour in 43 states.
President Biden has promised to raise the federal minimum wage, which hasn t been raised in 11 years. Congressional Democrats have reintroduced the Raise the Wage Act, which would gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2025. It would also phase out the $2.13 per hour subminimum wage. What else are tipped workers calling for?