The Minimum Wage For Restaurant Workers Must Be Raised

"Fair, but ... they provide food, clothing and food to all people, they should have their own labor products so that they can get enough food, clothing and accommodation "According to the National Restaurant Association, the restaurant server in 1776 is one of the most popular jobs in the country, currently one-twelfth of Americans work in the restaurant industry, about 50 of adults It accounts for%. I have worked in this industry at various stages.

In the discussion about the referendum on raising the minimum wage in Washington, DC to the minimum wage for almost all other workers, we still want to spend a few minutes to directly record the facts about workers' wages and income . Currently, the eight states do not treat the minimum wage discriminately with respect to the minimum wage. The falling workers in these equally treated states need to clarify that they receive full state minimum wages and chips in full.

About 2 million workers have wages below the federal minimum wage. Increasing the minimum wage of workers is beneficial for women, mainly for several reasons. 70% of restaurant servers are female, these women are unbalanced women. The study by Sylvia Allegretto shows that the poverty rate of slanted workers is less than twice that of the poverty line compared to non-inclined workers, so the increase in wages helps alleviate poverty I will. In addition, relying on revenue prompts, the server is exposed to sexual harassment from dependent customers. Therefore, the catering industry has the highest sexual harassment rate. Therefore, by raising the minimum wage, you can protect the server from sexual harassment.

Another common industry opinion is that raising the minimum wage is ultimately harmful to the workers. If they know that the restaurant must pay at least normal wage minimum to the waiter and bartender, the customer will pay a little tip. There is no evidence to support this claim. According to government data from the economic analysis, California without a waiter and a minimum wage of six other states - Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Montana and Minnesota - but it does not have to earn more money to say, poverty Policy research institute which is a research institute that can live inside. (The eighth province, Hawaii virtually eliminated the minimum wage by allowing companies to pay the chip workers per hour of 75 cents less than the state minimum wage of 10.10 dollars.