THE KEY TO SAVING THE NEW YORK STATE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY POST-COVID 19

The subminimum wage for tipped workers is 66 percent of the overall minimum wage and ranges from $8.35-10.40 an hour in the state of New York. A direct legacy of slavery, the subminimum wage impacts a workforce of nearly 330,000 tipped workers that is 58 percent women and 49 percent people of color, and an overall restaurant industry of over 625,000 workers in New York.

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Raising the minimum wage, especially for tipped workers, workers with disabilities, and youth, is necessary to allow working people to feed their families, the right thing to do, and universally, perennially popular.

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THE KEY TO SAVING THE CONNECTICUT RESTAURANT INDUSTRY POST-COVID 19

THE KEY TO SAVING THE CONNECTICUT RESTAURANT INDUSTRY POST-COVID 19The subminimum wage for tipped workers is still just $6.38 an hour in the state of Connecticut. A direct legacy of slavery, the subminimum wage affects a workforce of nearly 70,000 tipped workers that is 70 percent women and 36 percent people of color. Ending this low-wage carve out positively impacts an overall restaurant industry of over 110,000 workers in Connecticut.

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