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man: peoe have nidea. ople justhink evybody ts minim wage,ight? woman: o integty is cpromisedvery sine day. man i love at i do,ut i n't likehe way iet paid. n 3: i'vhad to hd down 3 jobs aoncebecae my tip were so d. woman 2: feel li i'm woing for thing. 2.13 h got to . won 3: doi this wo has lped me see at we camake differenthat we n make chang nojust makchangebut wean forcehange. this blemy mind.the minim wage fo"tipped"orkersis

$2. an hour and inome stat it'setter th that. busome stas-- th's the nional-- lotsf states 2.13.that's le chinese ipodactory lel wages 2. an hourwell, acally en you en 2.13 yoactuallyon't geanythingt allbecause ur waggoesentirelyo taxes. you litally geta payche that sa "thiis not aaycheck. it was dishearteni so-crushing to open up a paycheck and see zero. won: if i dn't mak tipsll week, and then get a cck th says, "vd. this not a cck." you'reot ming ything.you n't makeent. yocan't ma your en meet. woma2: i'veorked 40ours and lked homwith le than $2. n: i actlly lovebeing serv. d whenou giv someonservic

the wathey lovit anwhen thecome bac ey're noreally cing ba to thatstablishnt st becau the foo was go.they're oking foyou. but that not rig righnow. 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 on have 8,9, and me chang i ve my gi and have 3 ks th, you kn, i suppt ofthe inco that i ke. w was scol today ifou pick anoth 8-ho shift at meansou're go all dato pay the bills now, whahappens the bil starto get paid, but o's gonnraise myids? and entuallyy girl gna me up wi that she'lonely. you onlyave 24 hrs in aay. no ones suppos to be ge fromheir house hours aay to wo just sotheir ds can gto schoo d they c put a dent al on thtable.

jayaran: we eat t more tn anody elsen earth. and isn't jt the fruency with wch we eaout,it's t fact th we america tend to lebrate r cultur in rtaurants. [cheerand applse] we celebte annivsariesbirthdays. i s proped tin a restaurant, st peoplare. man: wheyour serr isery happand profsional u dot ever sp to thi thathe can'tffordthat s can't aord at samplate th she's bnging to your ble. she can't afrd thatfor hekids. woman 2:'ve beenorking as a tipd restaunt worker nce 2000 i've wasd dish i' done baending serverwaiter, st, prepook.

fore, i rked paiing r parts an assely line. i hastable iome, had a ni car d i was ving ina niceeighborhd. on the jobot shipd overse that's when i fod myselfin the rtauranindustry 's a reastruggleo work for a lominimum ge ying to ise youron. so you he to geup everyay and ow thatyou have goal. yogotta get yo car fix. ma i realid that wt my m was goi through at othereople's ms wasn going thrgh it. she finitelyid a who lot to me sure ian recve a oper edution. anmy mom a my fath are notogeer that's aving mo of t work ony mom.rhodes: was difcult raisg my son woing in t restrant indtry, never hapaid sicdays so i waslways nobegging,but alwa in

a stggle th managent aboui need tleave wo to gtake carof josep ye go o of town go outf towngo figursomethinout. that's wt we're nna . rhes: i dot have a type osecurity for futureor fory family future. and th.. [cash registerings] jaraman: t reason at you' got the largest and e of theost profable anfastest-owing instries in america payinthe absolute lowe-paying ges in thicountry becausethe poweand inflnce of trade lby cled thenationalestauranassociatn. odes: go morning everody. we firedp, readyo go?[crowdheers]

l right! jayarama theationalrestaunt assoction is the mt organid anpowerfulmplor lobbyin congress. we cl it thether nra all, chantg: uh-h, hey, h t's drophe otherra. uh-huhhey, heylet's dr the oth nra. uh-h, hey, h les drop t other nra. woman: t nra'sost active mbers are chain restaurant li den's, olivgarden apebee's, d ihop.they he enormous influence. and theye tryingo prott the restaurant industry. they do not want to pay hier wages in t united ates, weave a o-tieredage syst. the is a feral nimum wa 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 association. we en have pple herein theongress who n't belie ther should be any minim wage. its no surise thatthe $23 an hou s been sck theresince 91. therwas a de brokere betwn congre and thera to s, ok, wel let yo increasehe regul minim wage t we want e sub-mimuwage ozen pernently at $13 an ho. ma when u reveal to pple thatipped woers make alittle as $2.13 hour, most peoe are shked byhat. and tohink thayou coul be ming $2.0 and ve to re on $5.0 an houworth ofips toake just7, is acary thi.

sohis is ajust importa a struge there iright w. i n't thk most consumerknowthatheir tipare actually n gratuit in mansituatio that it'actually subsidytowardthe empler th goes the wker's wage bil and th're pret shockedabout , actual. schawsky: 've got is inedible iome dispity inhis riest couny in the wor d yet soany famies are ying to gure out how toiece it gether so they can liveust a basic, dect life. and so raising the wage, raising the wage is athe coref this.jayaran: this a gende equi issue. th is a ce equy issu th is actuly a gacy of avery. man: peoe reallyid not want to y wly-freeblack

fos a ge. th wanteto keep pele in subservnt positn whe they h to bow d grin a scrape in oer to get so money to survi. jayarama restaurt ownerswere aowed to payero doars an hr and let pped worrs li on tips which met thatthe ve first we for pped worrs was zo. and we'vgone upover aundred yrs to t currentederal nimum wa for tipd workerwhich $2.13 ahour. get you lks a cole menusere. re's ourinner me. dier menu,nd the this iour wineist. let know ifou guyshave a questio. man: thiwhole twtiered t minim wage stem, that w a sck to me partularly cing om califnia, wherthere iso two-er syste everyby getsaid e same we. and thenears lat i ved to d., s lookinfor a jo and en emplors wod ask me "heyhow mucho youexpe to get id?" d i'd sa "10 $12, pl tip,"

anthey wouldaugh in face. say,only peoe from californ expect get pai10o $12 anour." i say, k, then w much do you guys pahere?" he said,$2.77 anour."and i lahed in h face'cause ihought was a je. yaraman:here are17 stas that a at the aolute boom ofhe barre wi the subinimumage r tippedorkers $2.13 ahour other 26tates se theitipped we rates above .13 an hr, but low eir regur stateminimuwage.but 7 stes--calirnianevadaoregon washgton, moana, nnesota,nd alask- 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 beeen thatase payof $2. anwhateverou didn'make toet you uto minim wage. so if you're aorker d

you'veorked a ift anyou didn havevery my customs, and all e sudd at e end the nig you dn't actlly ke that moy, yo employeneeds tomake uthe diffence. bumost pple don'be knowing eir righthey don know thlaws they don know hoit works meaninif youon't wor and ma up, younow, a rtain amnt of money in a 40-ur week, the mpany's pposed tgive yothat oth portionf money. at's liknon-exisnt.it doesn exist. peop don't kw torgue abo it. wage a tip the is so rpant the resurant instry that the u. departnt of lorsays thawe havethe hight rate violati of wage and tip ws of anyndustryin thenited stes. velauez: if u haven' madeny money they're supposed to tch that so that u at lea have mimum wagfor the ek. mo of thtime that doe't happe

d i've ctainly ner mean emplor that hasaid, "heeminme if iwe you a money." at everyingle ace ve workein thers been aase ofage thef this indtry has be fixeand thk god th, you kn fr the ash of 9/11 comes th organizionfighng for mlions of worrs. i'from morco. and when come toew york, start woing from od placeo good pceyou know highnd restaants. so i srt worki at ndows onhe worldand just love it. was lik a really good family. we carabout ea other.it wasike a jothat 's not gna finis th is a jotill u're gonna retire. but when you think likeyou'reappy your ks are settled,and that's what yore gonnao, some this happen and 11 happed.

friday ariend ofine lled me. his nameas moiseribas, ked me tswitch sft withim on suay. ani voluntred to dthat. and he wked for myhift otuesdamorning, anhe didt make i jayaman: whe9/11 hapned, i s represting w-wage iigrant wkers workg at an migrantworker oanizing nter. i rember bei on thelong iand railad aving brklyn going toanhattan when theannounceit onhe train mdouh:e were le 430 ople workinthere. people re lostthat mning. sibyi lost teople that i w the clost to. 3 week aer 9/11,i stildidn't he a job. i had a fe, i haa new ba. i didn't

know what to do. literally every week we have to go to a funera yaraman:here wer13,000 restaura workersn new yothat 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 jobs and thfamili of theictims? 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 goand gesome sd money, get some jobs for peop," bushe look at me d she sa, "well,ell, no. wee gonnorganizeeople." jayaman: mths afte the agedy, workers arted teing us about hothey werexploite d discrinated agnst.and weealized

ere s no oerlace for anworkers turn toin this dustry. woma one faiwage! othersone fairage! jayaran: sin 9/11, we have en fightgfor one fair we, which ans requing staurantto pay the fullinimum we pl tips. wh we stard the caaign weere up ainst leglators so manytates whwere und the infence of t nationarestaura assoation. ma the natnal staurantssociatihas be very efctive in pushi back ainsthese efrts. theyre well nanced.they he a lot lobbyis. ey havrelationips th legistors andawmakers but knew th every time we took thiissue tohe ballo voters orwhelminy voted in fav. chg: we'reaking it the people.there'a

ballotnitiativ in d.c and thatould actlly t rid ofipped mimum wage everybodin this ty wou gepaid theame minim wage like states already find thballot itiative,give yr signates... main: when was getng petions sign i uld telleople seers d bartenrs are king2.77 ahour. peopleere shocd. last te i remember liticians gotogether anmade comomises behindlosed dos out homuch i w worthi was rth 3/5 a persoand 166 ars lar, i'm rth lesshan a thd the lowt-paid wker. [cash register dings]

[indistit] woman: it's a strule toust get . i ve 3 kid have to ve two pt-time jobs becse i'm aom. but 's sll not eugh. i haveo get fo stampsfrom t state. stilget mediid fr the sta also fomy babie it a struggle to bable do thin for my ds causof the w i get id now, e tips. you ow, $3.0an houris definely not ough. .00 an hr is notnough. won: i havbeen ongovernnt assisnce since my sonas two it demoraling to wk 60ours a wk and not bri home enough mey to prode for t basic nds ofour chil allegrto: 70% tippedworkerare wome

therare womewho workat ihop,pplebee's, andiners all acrs americ d they sfer om twtimes thpoverty te of the rt of e u.s. wkforce. near half ofipped woers re on publ subsidi to me endseet. i didn'think ias gonnstill be on plic assiance while m in is indusy.this is ating up i had get on od stamp i hato get aedical cd. i codn't stain my ple. so youhink thas what want? , that a't what want. mmmm. it bns me upvery tim i thinabout it jayaman: ware suidizing multmillion llar coorations in o ways. weay almt entire for the worker wages tough our tips. but we'ralso paygfor taayer-fund public aistance inhe form of food stps dicaid, emergey room use all the fferent ys th workersave find a y to surve and c't on e wages at they

rn. rvey: i ways hav you kno workedither anher job or, you ow, you ve too somethg else to make ds meet. i'm lented aa barber so iut hair. reallyat this int, wh you canfford too isay billsnd no exa. trto pay aill anthen hur up d make tt money ck cah that bl befo it's duthese e the ty of thin you st kind get useto and don'complainbout thebecae it beces evyday lif at you dl with to make work. but th's not the ameran dream it's n the amecan way. jayaran: the n trade sw is 6000 people.

and theikeynote ent watitled "the amecan drea" and was theead of the nra,awn sweey,speang aboutthe amican dre. wee got th coming.we've t themoming. we he a lot workers here fm chicag at reallwant tojust tk to dawsweeney. you ta action like thi to p your ssage ross anit's disptive the indtry. man: theolice are on t way.that'sk. you ed to ave. i'here tay to represt tipp worrs seice workers. i strugg to paymy bills i strugg to putmy sonhrough sool. as long as ilation and costf livingoes up r pay hato go up , we're nna ju walk ou 'll walkut. all,hanting:nra, y must kn 2. has goto go. nra, youust know 13 has g to go. they wanto takecare of eir home but 's off oour work that's n fair tos and 's not fr to

our ks, and it n gonna b stood r.we're gonnkeep figing whher theyike it onot. rhes: thiss our rit tossemble d protes got the atntion toy. i was vid fighng golia. i stood to themoday d they kw not ju me, t my oth colleags, we'rnot gonntoleratehat. big s to allf y'all! i waed my n to seehow stng im. don't nt him t ev think tt, um... 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 t restaurt indust who argonna she their ory. [cheerg] hoy'all feing? name's taki rhos.

i ve expernced xual harsment, sexualiscrimation, feeling,roping. and what a lot of our families doesn't realize that do an ueen crifice help th and carryhem onur bac. d we do is work cae weove thisork, rig? man: i he been i this industry foover 2years. i'm mother of two, and have to pend on ps toupport mfamily. i was ld to orten mykirt and op my blou and ow cleage, just tmake ext tipsto takhome to ed my ki.that iunacptable. men works rising [cheers d applau] ensleri rememb one o my fir jobs inidtown was workg in thirestaura wherthe firsdaythey hded me muniform, d it was pair ofblack ockings, blachigh hee anmerald gen tuxedtop

wi diamonduttonsand th was it. to wr that ofit, en push ople 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, unk guys try to le take m and nce withe and grab me.when y're out ere the flo you n't necearily feel saf ocasioortez: rememr rkinin rtauran anyou would ve someo say mething extremy inapprriate toouor you have soone uch you. d the ing is, it woul be the8th of t month th29th of e month. anthe firsof the nt monthwas rollg right ound anyou had rent che to pay.and soou were re liky

totand up r yourseand toeject seal harasent onhe 15th the mon or mbe the0th ofhe month wh you cou pick upan ext shift make upor telli that g to go buzz f. buon the 2h of theonth orhe 29th the mon you wi let thaperson uch yo becausof youreconom desperaon. it not jt about,"oh, ieed toccept th beuse i'm nna get a tip," it's aut the aual stabilit of thenvironme that you hav what hapns if icompla about ts?wi my shts be change will allhe suddei have to work per lateights as oosed to ternoonsor mnings? the's a loof fear ound tributn ju for staing up for yourlf.velasqz: i wasorking a sportbar, and was durg march madness. weere real busy. i was inhe middle of taking an order li at the ble, n in han writingt downtalking my custers, and was kindf bent or, you ow because was leang over talking the

cusmers d this g came upehind meand ju full onrabbed m i mean, ll on. ani--i mn, i didt-- i dn't kw what tdo. i s--i waslabbergaed. mean, wh do you ? i nt and td my maner d they sd,"oh,ell. boywill be ys. "we needheir mon. it marchadness. you kn, he's gna keep ying ney for er all nht." soe got a ll-on gre, and i d to jt deal wh it. abt half oall amerans rk in a staura at some int in tir lives and peciallyhen young womework in staurant th learn taccept hassmentas a nmal thinand th you getut ofhat restrant you' alrdy start to cdition yrself to aept undiified haviorand so it ha lo-term efcts. 's not le therare porty wagefor tipp workers and ere's sexual hassment.o. thiss acally the same iue cause wh you for a womato earn r tipsas

theajority her income she is way more vulnerable to harassment. reporter: 25 former and curren femalemployees to our parers atola.co "theimes-picune," chefohn beshostereda cultur of sexuaharassme at h restaurts.report 2: celeity chefmario tali has stepd back fm runnin his staurantmpire after muiple allations of groping d sexualisconduc report 3: toddnglish is rently acsedof harsing theervers..reporter: 80% offemales ployed in t restaurt industry fe harassmt more acpted in thr indust than another. velasque i've hamanagersthat wld messa me 2:00 inhe morni sayingf you dot comehang outitme and ink withe, i'lltake y off thechedule.and th would.theyould takme off nights and put on dayso wherei wabarely ming rentas punhment beuse wouldn do wh, yoknow what thewanted. nger: ♪ime's ♪ ♪ f the shaws ♪

♪ aut to me the light ♪ ♪ downsirs ♪♪ i'm tpping int, we is whping in ♪ ♪ t clock itickingbecause e time'sp... ♪ whenime's up launcd anme too wn viral, we we in a ment were people re final listeni. there pang attenon to thetories tt were ppeninin restaants. jayaman: oncyou know there no unlening it. the is no ing back sier: ♪ur time here, r time inow ♪ ♪ our te has co ♪ ♪ andhe time up ♪ [cheerand applse] lilynd i arehere in chigan join th saruto try to rae the prile ofhis effo to getone fair wage on t ballot. what pleasur thanyou so much. and e two laes are re, of crse, pushg this itiative. again, 3,000 sigtures is what theye lookinfor for this