Did you know?
The federal minimum wage for restaurant workers and others
who receive tips is $2.13 per hour—it’s been stuck at $2.13 for almost 25
years.
The waitress who’s topping off your coffee at 4 am in the
nearly empty diner is getting a $17.04 paycheck for her eight-hour shift,
guaranteed.
The New York Times says almost 70 percent of tipped workers
are women, a very large percentage of them are minorities, and 40 percent of
the female workers are mothers.
American restaurants employ about seven percent of American
women. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports that almost 40 percent
of all sexual harassment claims come from restaurant workers.
You knew that waitressing is a tough job.
Bet you didn’t know exactly how tough it is.
Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2015 All rights reserved.
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