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Tag: Minimum Wage

Chicago’s Radical Solution For Broken Tipping Culture

We dug into how American tipping culture got so broken, and the fight to fix it. It turns out that your tips are subsidizing the…

The Fight For $20 Comes To New York

Jessica Ramos: If you want people to vote blue, you have to help people put bread on the table. [News clip]: State senator Jessica Ramos…

Restaurant Workers in D.C. Are Organizing To Overcome Corruption and Corporate Power

Restaurant workers in Washington D.C. could get a huge raise if voters pass a measure to end the tipped minimum wage next month. Restaurant workers…

Maine’s Biggest City Will Vote on an Ambitious Economic Agenda in November

This November, Portland, Maine will get the chance to vote on an ambitious economic agenda, including ballot initiatives that would raise the minimum wage, eliminate…
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Michigan to Vote to Whether or Not to End Tipped Minimum Wage

Since the pandemic, 1 million workers have left the restaurant industry. 80% surveyed reported they would only return if given a livable wage guaranteed by…

The NRA You’ve Never Heard Of Is Blocking a $15 Minimum Wage

It has been twelve years since the federal minimum wage increased to $7.25—the longest period America has gone without raising the minimum wage since it…