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November 9, 2022
News & Commentary

Sarah Leadem

Election day was yesterday: three states banned slavery, cities and states increased the minimum wage, and IL and TN voted to oppose right-to-work constitutional amendments

The Tipped Subminimum Wage has Sexist and Racist Origins: It’s Time to End it

Feb 17, 2021 Andre Manuel

Following through on President Biden’s campaign promise, Congressional Democrats have proposed increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 by 2026. The proposed law will finally eliminate the federal subminimum wage for tipped workers, which currently stands at $2.13. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which establishes the national minimum wage, also creates a […]

December 10, 2020
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

As tens of millions of Americans await congressional action on coronavirus relief, talks among lawmakers have hit another snag. Sticking points remain over the extent of federal aid for state and local governments and the nature of lawmakers’ proposed business liability shield. Conflict between the White House and Senate Republicans over whether to prioritize stimulus […]

December 6, 2020
News & Commentary

Deanna Krokos

On Thanksgiving, the Department of Labor submitted their “long-anticipated” tipped wage rule to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, threatening millions of tipped service workers with substantial wage loss. Currently, employers can claim a “tip credit,” paying workers little as $2.13/hour so long as 80% of their workweek is spent on tasks […]

September 5, 2019
News & Commentary

Annie Hollister

The observance of Labor Day earlier this week has inspired a bumper crop of commentary on the history, present, and future of the American worker. In the New York Times, Noam Scheiber examines the relationship between established unions and grassroots labor activists. In recent years, says Scheiber, independent activists have invigorated workers in industries and […]

June 2, 2019
News & Commentary

Rachel Sandalow-Ash

Cai Shuang Chen, a delivery worker in New York, won $327,738 in a wage theft case in September 2017. However, Chen is unable to collect this money under New York state law, as the restaurant he worked for changed its name and thus technically no longer exists. In reality, the restaurant maintained most of its […]

February 5, 2019
News & Commentary

Bibeka Shrestha

New Jersey on Monday became the fourth state to raise its hourly minimum wage to $15. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed the bill into law, paving the way for the new minimum wage to be phased in over five years. New Jersey joins California, Massachusetts, New York, and the District of Columbia in adopting a […]

January 18, 2019
News & Commentary

Vail Kohnert-Yount

As the government shutdown lumbers into its 28th day, federal workers are beginning to file for unemployment en masse, reports the New York Times. About 380,000 furloughed federal employees are eligible for unemployment, and the longest government shutdown on record is forcing tens of thousands of these workers to seek unemployment benefits to afford essentials like groceries […]

November 12, 2018
News & Commentary

Rachel Sandalow-Ash

After winning back the House of Representatives in last Tuesday’s election, House Democrats plan to grill President Trump’s Department of Labor about its policies regarding tipped workers. In December, the DOL proposed a rule allowing employers who pay tipped workers the minimum wage to take their workers’ tips. According to the Economic Policy Institute, such […]

June 22, 2018
News & Commentary

Rachel Sandalow-Ash

Both chambers of the Massachusetts state legislature have passed a “grand bargain” bill that — if signed by Governor Charlie Baker — will increase the minimum wage for most workers from $11/hour to $15/hour over the course of five years and will increase the minimum wage for tipped workers from $3.75 to $6.75 over the […]

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November 9, 2022

The Tipped Subminimum Wage has Sexist and Racist Origins: It’s Time to End it

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