Press Conference on Ending the Subminimum Wage for Restaurant Workers
February 8, 2022
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) will be joined by Representatives Haley Stevens (MI-11), Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), Andy Levin (MI-09), Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02), and Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27) will be joined by Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage, as well as restaurant workers and other advocates to demand an end to subminimum wage for tipped workers. Currently, restaurant workers receiving tips are paid only $2.13 an hour with a complicated system that is supposed ensure parity with the regular minimum wage, that instead leaves these workers vulnerable to wage theft, harassment, and exploitation.
- Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
- Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11)
- Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (MI-14)
- Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09)
- Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12)
- Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02)
- Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27)
- Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage Several restaurant workers