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A tip is not a wage. Due to an unfair loophole, the restaurant industry gets away with paying them a subminimum wage as low as $2.13 an hour in 43 states. Forced to live entirely off customer tips, 90% of female tipped restaurant workers report experiencing sexual harassment (70% of servers are women). We propose eliminating the lower wage for tipped workers, and requiring all employers to directly pay their workers a fair minimum wage.

Submitted by Saru Jayaraman, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 1:20 a.m.
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Citation: http://rocunited.org/one-fair-wage/

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