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THE KEY TO SAVING THE CONNECTICUT RESTAURANT INDUSTRY POST-COVID 19
The subminimum wage for tipped workers is still just $6.38 an hour in the state of Connecticut. A direct legacy of slavery, the...
Comms
Sep 21, 20221 min read
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...
Comms
Sep 20, 20221 min read
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...
Comms
Jun 16, 20221 min read
Dine Back Better
AS THEY EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC, hundreds of restaurants across New York are responding to the Great Resignation by raising wages,...
Comms
May 25, 20221 min read
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...
Comms
May 16, 20221 min read
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...
Comms
May 12, 20221 min read
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...
Comms
Feb 25, 20221 min read
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...
Comms
Feb 8, 20221 min read
One Fair Wage: The Key To Saving The Washington, D.C. Restaurant Industry Post-COVID 19
The subminimum wage for tipped workers is still just $5.05 an hour in Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital. A direct legacy of slavery,...
Comms
Feb 7, 20221 min read
One Fair Wage: The Key To Saving The New York State Restaurant Industry Post-COVID 19
The subminimum wage for tipped workers is 66 percent of the overall minimum wage and ranges from $8.35-$10.40 an hour in the state of New...
Comms
Feb 7, 20221 min read
One Fair Wage: 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...
Comms
Feb 7, 20221 min read
One Fair Wage: The Key To Saving The Massachusetts Restaurant Industry Post-COVID 19
The subminimum wage for tipped workers is still just $6.15 an hour in the state of Massachusetts. A direct legacy of slavery, the...
Comms
Feb 7, 20221 min read
One Fair Wage: The Key To Saving The Maine Restaurant Industry Post-COVID 19
The subminimum wage for tipped workers is still just $6.38 an hour in the state of Maine. A direct legacy of slavery, the subminimum wage...
Comms
Feb 7, 20221 min read
One Fair Wage: The Key To Saving The Michigan Restaurant Industry Post-COVID 19
The subminimum wage for tipped workers is still just $3.75 an hour in the state of Michigan. A direct legacy of slavery, the subminimum...
Comms
Feb 7, 20221 min read
The Key to Saving the New York State Restaurant Industry Post-Covid 19
The subminimum wage for tipped workers is 66 percent of the overall minimum wage and ranges from $8.35-$10.40 an hour in the state of New...
Comms
Feb 6, 20221 min read
NY Still Needs One Fair Wage
The lack of One Fair Wage (OFW) means hundreds of thousands of restaurant workers in New York are now receiving unemployment insurance...
Comms
Feb 6, 20221 min read
The Key to Saving the District’s Restaurant Industry Post-Covid 19
The submiimum wage for tipped workers is still just $5.05 an hour in Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital. A direct legacy of slavery,...
Comms
Feb 6, 20221 min read
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...
Comms
Feb 6, 20221 min read
Recent Research on Minimum Wage in Michigan
A new survey by Lake Research Partners of likely voters in Michigan shows strong support forincreasing the minimum wage incrementally to...
Comms
Feb 4, 20221 min read
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