man:eople ha no idea peop just thk everyby ge minimum wag right? won: our iegrity compromed everyingle da man 2: love wh i do, b i dot like t way i g paid. man i've hato hold wn 3 bs at on cause myips re so ba man 2: ieel likei'm workg for noing.2.13 hasot to go woma3: doinghis workhas heed mesee th we can ke a fference that we n ma change. nojust makchangebut we c force cnge. th blew myind. thminimum ge for "tipped"

workers $2.13 an hour.and in se states it's bter thanhat. but me state- that the natnal-- lots ostates.2.13. at's likchines ipod ftory lev wages. 2.13n hour. ll, actuly wh you ear2.13 you tually d't get ything aall cause your wage goes tirely ttaxes. soou literly get paycheckhat says "thiis not a payeck." it was disartening soulrushing to open up a paycheck and see zero. woma if i di't maketips a week, and en i get check that say "voi this isot a cck." you'reot makg anhing. you n't makeent. you n't makeour endseet. woma2: i'veorked 40ours and waed home th lesshan $200 n: i actlly lovebeing server d whenou givesomeone rvicthe way ey love and

en they me back, th're not ally comg backo that eablishme ju becausehe foodwas good ey're loing for u. t that'sot rightright w. my eloyer ly pays 2.13n hour meg if i dn't gepaid frothe peop th ce in theestauran throh tips th after a8-hour sft i uld onlyave 8, $ and so change. i ha my girl and i ve 3 kid thatyou knowi suppor off e incomehat i ma. w was scol today if y pick upnother8-hourhift at meansou're go all dato pay the bills now, what ppens ishe billsstart getaid,but whs gonna ise my ks? and evtually mgirl gon comep withhat she's nely. u only he 24 hou in a d. no one isupposedo be gon from tir house 16ours a d to workust so their ki can go school anthey canut a dect me on the ble.

jayaran: we eat oumore tha anyby else oearth. and itsn't justhe freqncy th whiche eat out,it's t fact th we america nd to cebrate ouculturein resurants [cheers d applau] celebra anniverries birtays. i wapropos to in a strant, mo people e. won: when ur serve is vy happy d profesonal u don'ever stoto thinkthat s can't aord that s can't aord at samplat thathe's briing your tae.she n't affo that for her ds. man 2: ie been wking a tipperestaura worker sie 2000. i've wasd dishes i'veone bartding server, iter, ho, prepook.

fore, i rked paiing r parts an asselyine.i had able ince, i d a nicear ani was ling in a nice nghborhoo oncehe job g shippeoverseas that's wn i founmyself the restaurant dustry. 's a reastruggleo work for a lominimum ge trng to rae your s. so you havto get every d and kn that u have aoal. you tta goet yourar fixed ma i realid that wt my m was goi through th other pple's mo wasn'toing throught.she denitely d a wholeot to me sure ian recve a oper edution. and myom and mfather e not togeth so that'leaving st ofhe work my mom. odes: itas diffilt raisinmy son. woing in t restrant indtry, i ver had id sick ys i was aays not gging,

t alwaysn a strule wi managemt about need to ave workto go ke care joseph. yes.go outf town.go out otown figure mething t. at's whawe're gonna do rhod: i don'have anytype of curity for futureor fory family future. and th... ash gister dgs] jayaran: the rson thatyou've got t lgestand one the mosprofitab and faest-growg industes in america payg the absolute lost-payinwages this cotry is bause e power d influee of trade lby cled thenationalestauranassociatn. odes: go morning everyby. we firedp, readyo go?

rowd ches] all ght! yaraman:he nional restaura associaon the mosorganid anpowerfulmployelobb in coness. we calit the oer nra. al chantin uh-huhhey, hey les drop t other n. uh-huhhey, hey t's drophe otherra. uh-huhhey, hey let'drop thetherra. won: thera's mt tive mbers are chain restrants likeenny, olive garden appleb's, and op. they havenormous influence. and they'rtrying t protecthe restaurant industry. they do not want to pay hier wages in t united ates, weave a o-tieredage syst. theris a fedal mimum wage rrently .25.

but tipped workers are allowed to be paid a sub-minimum wage of $2.13 an hour as long as tips bring them to the full minimum wage. the forces of the status quo are very powerful, they're institutionalized. weave the tional restaura associaon. we evehave peoe here in the cgress who n't belie thereshld be y minimuwage. it ino surpre that the $2.1an hour habeen stu there since 19. there s a dealrokeredbetweecongressnd the n to s, ok, wel let yo increasehe regul minim wage t we want thsub-minim ge fren permantly at $13 an ho. man: wheyou reve toeople thatipped woers make alittle as $2.13 hour, mo people e shocke by tha and to tnk that u couldbe ming $2.0 and ha to relyn $5.00an houworth ofips to me just $ is a sry thing

sohis is ajust importa a struge ashere is ght no i n't thinmost nsumers ow that tir tips e actually notratuity in many tuations at it's tually aubsidy towards e employ thatoes tohe worr's wage bil d they're etty shoed abt it, acally.schakoky: wee got th incrible ince dispary in ts richt couny inhe wor d yet soany famies are ying to gure out how toiece it gether so they can live jt a basic, decenlife. and so raising the wage, raising the wage is athe coref this. jayarama this is genderequityssue. thiss a ra equy issu thiss actual a lecy of slery. man: peoe reallyid not want to y ney-freed

ack folk a wa. th wanted kp peop in aubservie positiowherthey hado w angrin a scrape in ord tget someoney survive jayarama restaurt ownerswere aowed to payero dolls an hou d let tied worke liven tips ich meant that the veryirst wag for tied worke was zer d we've ne up over a hdred yea to t currentederal nimum wa for tipd worker which is2.13 an ur. get you lks a cole ofenus he. he's our dner menu dier menu,nd the this is r wine lt. t me kw if youuys ve any qstions. man: thiwhole twtiered t minim wage stem, that was a shocko meparticarly comg fr califora, where ere is n two-ti system. everybody gets pd thsame wag d then yrs later i mod to d.c s lookinfor a jo and en emplors wod ask me "hey, w much dyou expecto get pa?" d i'd sa "10 $12, pl tip,"

and ey would lgh in myace. say, "ly peoplfrom liforniaxpect toet paid 10 t$12 an hr." so say, "o then homuch do youuys pay here?" said, ".77 an hr." d i laugd in hisace 'cse i thoht it w a joke. jaraman: tre are 17 statethat are at the absute bott of t barrel withhe sub-mimum we fotipped wkers $2.13 ahour. anotr 26 stas set their tied wage tes above .13 anour, but below their regular state minimum wage. but 7 states--california nevada, oregon washington, montana, minnesota, and alaska-- require the restaurant industry to pay the full minimum wage plus tips. woman: if you work in a state where there is a tipped minimum wage the employer has to make up the difference betwn that be pay of $2.13 and atever y didn't maketo getou up

toinimum we. so if u're a wker anyou've wked a sht anyou didn have very mancustomer d all thsuddent thend ofhe nig you di't actuay ma that mone yourmployer eds to make up e difference. but st peoe don't knowing thr rights ey don'tnow the ws ey don'tnow how works. meaninif you d't workand makep, you kw, a ceain amou of money in a 40-ur week, the coany's suosed to ve you at otherortion omoney. at's liknon-exisnt.it doesn exist.peopleon't kno to aue aboutt. wage a tip the is so rpant the resurant instry that the u. departnt of lor ys that have e highesras ofiolationf wage d tip la of any iustry in the uted stat. velasqz: if yohaven'tmade a money they're supposed to mah that that yoat leastha minum wage r the we. mostf the me at doesn happen.

d i've ctainly ner mean emplor that hasaid, "he remind if i o you anyoney." every sgle ple i' worked there'been a ce of we theft. this indtry has be fixe and thangod thatyou know fromhe ashesf 9/11 mes thisrganizatnfighti for milons worke. i'from morco. d when iome to n york, i art workg from go place tgood playou know highnd restaants. so i sta workingt wiows on t world and i st love it. itas likea really good family. we care out eachther. it was le a job at it not gon finish.this ia job ti you' gonna retire. but wh you thi like you're hpy your kidare seled, d that'shat you' gonna d me thinghappenand 9/ happene

friday ariend ofine lled me. s name w moises bas, asd me to itch shi with h on sund. and volunteed to do at. d he word for memy sft on esday rning, anhe didn'make it. jayaman: whe9/11 hapned, i s represting w-wage iigrant wkers workg at an migrantworker oanizing nter. i rember bei on thelong iand railad leing brooyn ing to mhattan en they nounced on t train. maouh: wwere like 430 pele working ere. 73eople we lost that morng. sibyi lost t pple at i washe close to. 3 week aer 9/11,i stildidn't he a job. had a wi, i had new baby i didn't

know what to do. literally every week we have to go to a funeral. yaraman:here wer13,000 staurantorkers inew york that lost their jobs after 9/11. no one was eating out. the surving works from windows on the world called me and mamdouh and said could you start an organization with all the workers who lost their jobsand the miliesof the vtims? d we cald it the restaurant opportunities center, or roc. mamdh: she aed me wh i thk we wergonna beoing inhis offi, and i id "wel we're gna go d get me sd mone get some jobs for peop," bushe look at me anshe said"well, hl, no. we'rgonna ganize pple." jayaran: months afte the agedy, workers started telling us about how they were exploited and discriminated against.

and we realized there was no other place for any rkers tourn to this instry.woman:ne fair ge! othersone fairage! jayarama since/11, have be fightinfor onfair wag which mes requirg reaurants pay e full mimum wag plusips. whene startethe campgn we we up agast legistors ino many stes whwere und the infence of t nationarestaura assoation. man:he natiol reaurant aociation has beenery effeive pushingack ainst ese effos. theyre well nanced.they he a lot lobbyis. th have lationshs wi legistors andawmakers but knew th every te we ok thiissue tohe ballo ters ovehelmingl voted in favor chan we're ting tohe people. there's

ballot itiativein d.c., and thatould actlly t rid ofipped mimum wage erybody this ty would get id theame minim wage like states already soind the llot iniative, give yousignatur... mart: when ias getti petitis signed i wod tell pple servs anbartende are king $77 an hour. people we shocke last timi rember litians got gether and de comprises hind csed door out how ch i wasorth i was woh 3/5 of person. d 166 yes later,i'm woh less tn a thir ofhe lowespaid worr. [cash register dings]

[indisnct] woman: it's a strule toust get . i ve 3 kid have to ve two pt-time jobs becse i'm aom. but it sti not enoh.i have tget foodtamps from thetate. i ill t medica fr the sta also for babies. it a struge to be le too thingsor my ki cause the way get pa now, thtips. you kn, $3.00 hour definity not engh. $40 an houis not eugh. woma i have en on governme assistaesincmy sonas two. it'semoralizg to wor 60 hrs a weeand toot bringome ough mon provi for theasic nee ofour chil allegrto: 70% tippedworkerare wome

there e women o work ihop, alebee's, andiners all acrs americ d they sfer fr two mes the verty ra the rt of e u.s. wkforce. nearlyalf of tped works relyn publicubsidies to makends mt. didn't tnk i w gonna ill be on plic assiance while i'in th industr is is heing up. had toet on fo stamps.i had get a mical car i codn't stain my ple. so youhink thas what want? , that a't what want. mmmit bur me up ery timei think out it. jayaman: we e subsizing multmillion llar cooratns in twways. weay almosentirelyor theseworkers'ages thrgh ourips. but wee also ping for taxper-funde blic asstance in t form of food stam mecaid, emergencroom use l the dierent wa thatorkers he toind a wa

to survi and can on thwages th they ea. haey: i alys have,ou know,worked eher anotr job or, you ow, you ve too somethg else make en meet. i'm tanted as barberso i c hair. ally, athis poin what y can affd to do isay billsnd no exa. try pay a bl and en hurryp d make tt money ck cah that bl befo it's du these arthe typef thingsyou ju kind ofet used and don'complainbout the becae it beces evyday lif wh you deawith make itork. but that not e americ dream. it's n the amecan way. jayaran: the n trade sw is 6000 ople.

and theikeynotevent watitled "the amecan drea" and was theead of the nra,awn sweey,speaki about the ameran dream we'vgot themoming. we've gothem cing. we hava lot oforkers here frochicago th really nt to just talto dawn eeney. you ta action ke thisto putour meage acro and 's disruive tohe indusy. n: the pice e on theay. that's o you ed to lee. i'here tod to represent tippedorke serve woers. i strugg to paymy bills i strugg to putmy sonhrough sool. as lg as inftion d cost oliving gs up oupay has go up. okwe're goa justalk out. wel walk o.all, chanting:nra, y must kn 2.13as got tgo. a, you mt know 2. has goto go. ey want take re of thr home but 's off oour work

th's not fr to usand it'sot fair our kids,and it's n gonna b stood r. 're gonna ep fightg whetr they le it or t. rhes: thiss our rit tossemble d protes got the atteion toda i was dad fighti goliath stood to themoday anthey knonot juste, bumy oth colleags, we'rnot gonntoleratehat. big upto all oy'all! i waed my soto see how strong i a i n't wa him toever tnk that,m... that somebody can do you wrong. and even if you don't-- even though you don't know it's wrong, but when you find out, it's ok for you to stand up for yourself. jayaraman: all right, so we've got sisters here from theestauranindustrywho are nna shartheir sty. [cheerin how all feelg? name's taki rhos.

i ha experieed seal harasent, sexual dcriminion, eling, gping. and what a lot of our families doesn't realize ishat weo an unsn saifice toelp them and wearry them onur backs anwe do th work becaus we le this wk, right won: i havbeen inthis industry foover 2years. i'm a ther of two, and have to pend on ps toupport mfamily. i was to to shten my srt and op my blou and ow cleave, just to ke extraips to takhome to ed my ki. that iunacptable. men works rising [cheers d applau] sler: rememberne ofmy firstobs in mtown s workinin this staurantwhere e first y they hded me muniform, anit was aair of black stkings,

blachigh hee anmerald gen tuxedtop withiamond btons and thatas it. to weathat outt, th push pele to sexually harass me further, and i was absolutely unprotected. ablutely ery restaant th i workein i ve stori of manars trng to ta advanta of me of, yoknow, drk guys y to liktake meand dae with mand grab me.when y're out ere the flo you n't necearily feel saf ocasioortez: iemembe working rtaurants anyou uld ha someonesay sothing extremelinappropate to y or you'dave somee toh you. d the thinis, is iwouldbe the 2h of theonth the th of thmonth. and e first the nexmonth was rollg right ound anyou had rent che to pay. and so y were mo likel

to snd up foyourself and to rect sexu harassmt on t 15th ofhe month or may the 1h of t month whenou couldick up an extrahift make upor telli that g to go buzz of but the 28tof the mth or t 29th ofhe month you wi let thaperson uch you because your economicesperati. it'sot just about,"oh, ieed toccept th becae i'm goa get a tip," 's abo the actl inability of the eironmentthatou have. at happe if i complainbout thi will my shif bchanged? ll all t sudden have work sur late nhts as oosed to ternoonsor morngs? thers a lot fear arnd reibutio justor standg up r yourse. lasque i was wking at sports r, and itas durin march madness. we we reallyusy. was in t middle ofaking an order li at the ble, n in han writingt down lking toy customs, and i s kind obent ove you kn

because was leang over talking the cusmers d this g came upehind meand ju full onrabbed m mean, ll on. and -i mea i didn'- i di't knowhat to . i wa-i was fbbergast. i an, whato you do i nt and td my maner d they sd, "oh, wl. boys ll be bo. "we needheir mon. it march mness. you kn, he's gna keep ying ney for er all nht." soe got a ll-on gre, and i hato jusdeal witit. abouhalf of l americs wo in a reaurant some pot in the lives. and peciallyhen yog women rk in reaurants, th learn taccept hassmentas a nmal thin and thenou get o of tt restauntyou'velrea startedto contion youelf to aept undiified havior.and sot haslongerm effes. it not likthere e povey wages r tippedorkers and the's xual harsment. n this is actuly thsame iue beuse whenou forcea woman earn hetipsas

theajority her income she is way more vulnerable to harassment. reporter: 25ormer ancurrentfemale eloyees to our parers at na.com,"the tes-picaye,"chef jn besh ftered culture sexual rassmentat hisestauran. report 2: celeity chefmario tali s steppeback frorunninghis reaurantmpire ter multle allegions of oping ansexual mconduct. reporter: todd elish rectly accud of harassi the serrs... porter 480% of males emoyed in theestauranindustry feelarassmen isore acceed in theiindustryhan any her. velasque i've hamanagersthat wld messa me 2:00 inhe mornisaying iyou don'come ng outith and drinwith me,'ll ke you o the schule. and th would.they wld take offights d put men days twhere i was rely makg rent as punhment beuse wouldn'to wh, yoknow at they nted. sier: ♪ime's up♪♪ f the shaws ♪

♪ aut to me the lig ♪ downstas ♪ i'm triing in i well is whipng in it♪ ♪ thelock is cking cause thtime's u.. ♪ when te's up launcd anme too wn viral, we we in a ment were people re final listeni. there pang attenon to the sries tt were ppening restaurts.jayaran: once u knowthere iso unlearng it. theris no gog back. sing: ♪ o time isere, outime is w ♪ ♪ our te has co ♪ ♪ and t time isp ♪ [cheers d applau] lily a i arehere in chigan tooin wi saru try to raisthe profe ofhis effo to getone fair wage on t ballot. what aleasure. thank u so much. and thtwo ladi are he, of coue,pushinthis iniative. ain, 35000 signares what they'rlooking r r this tmove forrd.

hi, w are yo hi. li tom--ohi'm soy. ne fonda lilyomlin. we'rboth acts. we'rright noin a ries cald "gracend frank" anwe were "9 to 5 d, but mh more importan-listen. mu more imrtant isthat wre here with resurant opportunies unit cause weant to g a one ir wage on theallot next novber. ok. it wouldaise t wages not justor everydy but r tippedorkers. ha you eve work as a iter? i'a tippedorker. both: yore a pped worr? nda: i dn't reale that there s a two-ered sysm. wh we talkbout raing the nimum wa mo of the me it don't includtipped wkers.and i waignorantf that. you ed to fi this out.we wou love yo to vunteeras aanvasser absolute. toin: we'rtrying t get on the llot in 2018.yeah. they have a nimum wage acrs the bod-- everytng acros the bod.

d they'det thr tips awell. that fantast. i, asi from bng the mager her i'veeen servg for years bore did this yeah, i ce worke as aaiter, t. tomlini'm hereecause care abo the wking pern. mother s a nurss aidemy fatr workedn a factory. ey livedaycheckto payeck. weever hadny savin or anying likehat. and i'veust alwa empaized witworking ople. they hav a twtiered stem where pped wairs on get 3.3an hour. oh, so they have to make up for the rest with tips. tips, right. tomlin: once you pay a worker 3.38 an hour nobody is gonna be respectful of them or treat them as a professional. and st serve really thinkof themsves as arofessiol. even i aa youngirl i woulhave my ation, and i waproud ofy statio and i waed to ha great service d a go turnove ansatisfacon. and i nt intwork eve day th that mind. ha you eve been waiter? i havei've bee a bus rson, acally. yeahwell,

yoknow the minim-- i dot know wt bus ople getaid, they probly-- thing. noing, rig. hefonda: tre's beethis estion aut we, why wod cebrities me here and ta about o fair wa? yoknow, whare yousticki your ne out? it a humanssue. you don know problem ists you're ignort, anthat's n good, but 's ignance. you know a oblem exts d you dot do ything aut it, thenou're rt ofhe probl. man: 15! ! all, chaing: heymcdonald'syou cat hide. we canee your gritty side. the fit r fiftee stard with ft food wkers o are t tipped and ither arcooks, dishwashs, and oer ba-of-the-use emplees. so t fight f fifteeneffectmillionsf people all: 15! man: whedo we wa it?