[B]ack in 1991, the National Restaurant Association passed around enough campaign contributions to persuade Congress to set the federal minimum wage for waiters, busboys and bartenders at only $2.13 an hour. And it has never gone up. They claim that tips are additional income that make up the difference. But tips are random and often meager. So much so that restaurant workers are twice as likely as other Americans to be on public assistance. This week, Bill speaks with Saru Jayaraman, co-founder of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, about the groups fight for better wages and working conditions for Americas 10 million restaurant workers. In any other context, what is it called when an employer practically doesnt pay their workers, full-time workers? Its called slavery, Saru Jayaraman tells Moyers. ... And so how is it that a major industry has basically convinced America, convinced Congress, that they practically shouldnt have to pay their workers at all? Its purely money and power. And their control over our legislators.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 03:12:46 +0000
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