Inside the Campaign to Abolish the Subminimum Wage in 25 States by 2026
“This is the only future for the service sector and the economy overall: wages must go up or there will be no future.”
Ending the Subminimum Tipped Wage Is a Step Towards Building Black Worker Power
A leading Black worker advocate calls on policymakers to understand that what benefits Black workers benefits us all.
House Passes Historic Raise The Wage Act For $15 An Hour
If the Raise the Wage Act becomes law, it will mark the first federal minimum wage increase in over a decade and the largest jump ever.
The Racist History of Tipping
This week, the House of Representatives will vote on the Raise the Wage Act, which would boost the minimum wage across the country to $15 an hour by 2024.
Time for a Raise for New York Car Wash Workers
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York state legislature could end the subminimum tipped wage for carwasheros downstate.
D.C. Restaurant Reaches $1.5 Million Settlement Amid Tipped Pay Debate
A class-action lawsuit against a D.C. institution underscores the need for one fair wage.
D.C. Labor Battle Turns Into a Civil Rights Fight
As city council attempts to overturn a minimum wage initiative, district residents demand elected officials respect their vote.
Inside the Heated Battle Over D.C.’s Sub-Minimum Tipped Wage
Misinformation abounds as the restaurant industry pours its resources into defeating Initiative 77.
Tipped Workers Win with Spending Bill
The victory belongs to the workers, organizers, and advocates who maintained fierce backlash to the proposal.
Tipping Is a Legacy of Slavery That It’s Time to Outgrow
It’s bad for workers, customers, and the economy alike when employers pass the cost of a living wage entirely on to their customers.
Proposal to Let Bosses Keep Workers’ Tips Provokes Investigation
Abolishing the regulation affirming that tips are the property of the employee would make women and people of color more vulnerable to exploitation.
Paying Tipped Workers Better Wouldn’t Hurt Restaurant Jobs
For decades, restaurant industry lobbyists have predicted that the sky would fall with each tipped-minimum-wage hike. But these case studies found no evidence supporting those claims.
Hollywood Won’t Destroy Sexism, But We Can
The solution isn’t for Oprah to run for president. It’s to listen to women everywhere.
Who Owns Tips? If Trump’s Department of Labor Gets Its Way, Not Workers
A new proposal would take tips out of the hands of the people who earn them.
State and Local Strategies for Reversing Inequality
An Institute for Policy Studies webinar on “Taxing CEO Pay and Lifting Wages for Tipped Workers.”