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The Washington, DC Consumers’ Guide to I-82 And Service Charges
With the passage of Initiative 82, Washington D.C. has made a historic move away from a business model built on the legacy of slavery,...
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May 19, 20231 min read
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The National Restaurant Association’s Leading Role in Weakening Child Labor Laws
The National Restaurant Association was founded in 1919 with the express purpose of suppressing food workers’ wages, both in the...
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May 18, 20231 min read
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Small Business Restaurants Succeed With One Fair Wage: A California & Maryland Comparative Analysis
Small business restaurants in Maryland are struggling to find staff in what is currently the worst staffing crisis in the industry’s...
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May 1, 20231 min read
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Small Business Restaurants Succeed With One Fair Wage: A California & New York Comparative Analysis
Small business restaurants in New York are struggling to find staff in what is currently the worst staffing crisis in the industry’s...
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Apr 7, 20231 min read
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Stop Leaving Us Out: 73 Years of New York State Minimum Wage Increases Excluding Women – Especially Women of Color.
The movement to increase the New York State minimum wage has made great gains for some workers. However, tipped restaurant workers, who...
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Mar 30, 20231 min read
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The National Restaurant Association’s Donations to Members of the 118th United States Congress
The National Restaurant Association was founded in 1919, approximately 50 years after Emancipation, with the express intent of...
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Jan 27, 20231 min read
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Ending Legacy of Slavery and Addressing Maryland’s Restaurant Staffing Crisis
The subminimum wage for tipped workers is still just $3.63 an hour in the state of Maryland. While the state minimum wage increased to...
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Jan 13, 20231 min read
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OFW Making History: Winning One Fair Wage in Washington D.C.
With Initiative 82 being on the ballot this midterm in Washington DC, this report outlines the benefits of implementing One Fair Wage. It...
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Oct 28, 20221 min read
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Dine Back Better Portland
The National Restaurant Association was founded in 1919 to suppress workers’ wages and maintain the subminimum wage for tipped workers,...
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Oct 12, 20221 min read
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Intentional Inequality Illinois
September 21, 2022 is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. This date represents the approximate time a Black woman must work into the new year to...
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Sep 26, 20221 min read
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Intentional Inequality
September 21, 2022 is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. This date represents the approximate time a Black woman must work into the new year to...
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Sep 21, 20221 min read
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No Pride in Subminimum Wages
The Harsh Realities of Being an LGBTQ Restaurant Worker The subminimum wage has plagued the restaurant industry for decades, causing...
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Jun 17, 20221 min read
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Dine Back Better
AS THEY EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC, hundreds of restaurants across New York are responding to the Great Resignation by raising wages,...
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May 26, 20221 min read
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Raising Wages to Reopen
New York State Restaurants Raising Wages to Save Their Businesses After COVID-19 The New York State restaurant industry has been ravaged...
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May 17, 20221 min read
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Are You Being Served?
How Applebee’s NYC Establishments Are Responding to the Great Resignation With Racial Inequity One Fair Wage UC Berkeley Food Labor...
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May 12, 20221 min read
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The Great Black Restaurant Worker Exodus
The restaurant industry has been in chaos since the onset of the pandemic. Numerous studies have documented how chronic low wages, sexual...
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Feb 25, 20221 min read
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We Need Relief AND Raises
The restaurant industry has been one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors of the United States economy for decades. Restaurant...
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Feb 8, 20221 min read
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Fact Sheet: The Key to Saving the Illinois Restaurant Industry Post-Covid 19
The subminimum wage for tipped workers is still just $6.60 an hour in the state of Illinois. A direct legacy of slavery, the subminimum...
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Feb 6, 20221 min read
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