man:eople ha no idea. peop just thk everyby getsinimum we, right man: ourntegty is cpromisedvery sine day. man 2: iove what do, but don'like theay i getaid. man 3: ie had toold down3 jobst once cause tips wereo bad. won 2: i fl like m workinfor nothg. 2.13as got tgo. won 3: doi this wo has lped me see at we camake differen thate can ke chae. nojust makchange but can for change. is blew mind. e minimuwage fo"tipped"orkers

$2.13n hour and some stes it better an that. but me state- that the natnal-- lots ostates.2.13.that'sike chine ip factoryevel wag. 13 an ho. well, tuallywhen youarn 2.13 u actual don't t anythi at all beuse yo wage goes enrely to taxes. you litally geta payche that says "this not a paycheck." it was dishearteni so-crushing to open up a paycheck and see zero. man: if didn't me ti all wee anthen i g a checkthat ss, oid. thiis not aheck." you' not makg anytng. u can'make rt. you n't makeour endseet. woma2: i'veorked 40ours and waed homwith le than $2. n: i actlly lovebeing serv. d whenou giv someonservic

the wathey lovit anwhen thecome bac th're not ally comg ba to thatstablishnt st becau the foo was go. theye lookg for yo but that not rig righnow. my emplor onlyays me 2.13 an ur meg if i dn't gepaid frothe peop at come in t restaurt thugh tips then aft an 8-ho shift would on have 8,9, and me chang i ha my girl and i ve 3 kid at, you ow, i suort f the inme that make. w was scol today you picup anoer hour shi that mns you'rgone alday to p theills. w, what ppens the bil starto getaid,but o's gonnraise myids? and evenally my rl gonnacomep with tt she's nely. u only he 24 hou in a d. no one isupposedo be gon from tir house 16 hrs a dayo work jt so eir kidsan go tochool anthey can put aecent meal on e table.

jayaman: we t t more tn anody elsen earth. d it i't just e frequey wi which weat out, it the facthat weas amecans nd to cebrate ouculturein resurants. [cheers d applau] we celebte annivsariesbirthday i s propos to in a staunt, mosteople ar woma when yo serveris verhappy anprofessial u don'ever stoto thinkthat s can't aord that s can't aord at samplat thathe's bringing to your ble.she can't afrd thatfor hekids. man 2: ie been wking a tipped restaunt worker sie 2000. i've wasd dish i' done baending serverwaiter, st, pr cook. fore, worked pnting car

parton an asmbly lin i d stablencome, i had a ce car and i waliving i a ni neighboood. once t job gotshipped erseas at's whei found myself the resurant industry. 's a reastruggleo work for a lominimum ge trying traise yo son. so you he to geup everyay and ow thatyou have goal. you tta goet yourar fixed ma i realid that wt my m was goi through at othereople's ms wasn going through i she defitely did whole l toake sure can recve a oper edution. and myom and mfather e not togeer sohat's leing mostof theork on mmom. rhodesit was dficult raing my s. woing in t restrant indtry, i ver hapaid sicdays so i waslways nobegging,

bualways ia strugg withanagemen about need to ave workto go ke care joseph. s. out of wn. go outf towngo figursomethinout. that's wt we're nna . rhes: i dot have a type osecurity for my fure for my mily's fure. and then. [cash registerings] jayaman: theeason th you'veot the lgestand one the mosprofitab and faest-growg industes in america payg the absolute lost-payinwages this cotry is bause e power d influee of a tra lobby callethe naonal resurant asciation. rhes: goodorningeverody.we fir up, rea to go?

[crowd cers] alright! jayarama the nationa restrant assiationis theost orgazed d poweul empyer lobby in congress. we calit the oer nra. all,hanting:uh-huh, y, hey les drop t other n. uh-h, hey, hlet's dr the oth nra. uh-h, hey, h les drop t otherra. won: thera's mt tive mbers are chain restrants li denny, olive garden plebee, and ih.they he enormous influence. and they're tryi to prect the restaurant industry. they do not want to pay hier wages in t united ates, weave a o-tieredage syst. there a feder minim 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. have thnationalrestaunt assoction. even ha people re inhe coness who dot believthere ld be y minimuwage. is no sprise th the .13 an hr habeen stu there since 19. there waa deal bkered between ngress a the nra toay, ok, 'll let u increasehe regul minim wage buwe wt the suminimum ge fren permantly at2.13 an ur. man:hen yoreveal to peoplth tipped rkers makes little as $2.1an hour, st peoplare shocd by tt. and to tnk that u couldbe makg $2.00 and ha to relyn $5.00 an houworth ofips to make st $7, a scaryhing.

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 that it'actually subsidytowardthe empler thatoes tohe worr's wage bil and ey'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 they can live jt a bac, decenlife. and so raing the we, raisg the wa is at e core othis. 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 bow d grin a scrape in oer to get me moneyto surve. yaraman:estauranowners were alled 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 whh is $2. an hour get yofolks a uple menusere. here'sur dinnemenu. dier menu,nd thenthis iour wineist. t menow if y guys have anyuestions man:his wholtwo-tier tip nimum wa system, that was a sho to me partularly cing om califnia, where ere is n two-er syste everybodgets pai thsame wag d then yrs later i mod to d.c s lookinfor a jo d then eloyers would asme ey, how ch do yo expe to get id?"and i'say, 0 to $12plus tip

d theyouldaugh in face. say, "ly peoplfrom liforniaxpect toet paid 10o $12 anour." so say, "o then homuch do youuys pay here?" said, ".77 an hr." d i laugd in hisace ause i tught itas a jok jaraman: tre are 17 statethat are at the aolute boom ofhe barre wi the subinimum wage for tied workers at $2.13 an hour. another 26 states set their tipped wage rates above $2.13 an hour, 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 tween th base pa $2.13 anwhateverou didn'ke toet you uto

minim wage. so if u're a wker d you' workea shif and u didn'tave ry many stomers, anall the sudden a thend ofhe nig u didn'tctuall makehat moy,your eloyer nes to ke up thdifference but st peopldon't beknowing thr righ ey don'tnow the ws ey don'tnow how works. meaninif y don't wk and ke up, y know, certain ount of mone in a0-hour wk, the compans suppos to giveyou thatther poron of moy.that's le non-extent. itoesn't est. ople don't knowto arg about i wage a tip the is so rpant the resurant instry that the u. departnt of lor ys that have e hight ratesof viotion of ge antip laws any indtry the united states. velasquez: if you haven't made any money they're suppos to matcthat that yoat leasthave minimumage for e week. 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 comes th organizionfighti 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 justove . itas likea really good family. we carabout ea other. itas like job thatit's n gonna fish.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. hiname wasoises ris, 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, was reprenting low-wagemmigrantorkers workg at an migrantworker oanizing center. i member bng on th lo island ilroad aving brklyn going toanhattan when theannounceit onhe train mdouh:e were le 430 ople working ere. 73 people re lost that morning. siby: i lost the people that i was the closest to. 3 week after 9/11, i still didn't have a job. i d a wifei had a w baby.

i dn't knowhat to . terally ery week we have to go to a funeral. yaraman:here wer13,000 staurantorkers inew yorkthat lost their jobs after 9/11. no one was eating out. thsuiving workers 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? and wealled it the restaurant opportunities center, or roc. mamdh: she aed me wh i thk we wergonna doing inhis offi, and i id "wel we're gna go d get so seed moy, get some jobs for peop," bushe look at me anshe said"well, hl, no. we'rgonna ganize pple." jayaran: months afte the agedy, workers arted teing us about hotheyere explted d discrinated agnst.and weealized

ere no othlace foany rkers tourn to this instry. won: one fr wage! othersone fairage! yaraman: since/11, have be fightin foone fa wage, which ans requing staurantto pay e full mimum wag plusips. whene startethe campgn we were againstegislato in so ny state whwere und the infence of t nationarestaura assoation. man:he natiol reaurant aociation has be very efctive in pushi back ainst ese effos. theyre well nanced. they hava lot ofobbyists 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 it tohe people. thers

a ball initiate in d.,and th would aually get rid tipped nimum wa. evybody inhis cityould t paid t same mimum wage ke 7 stas do alrdy. so fd the baot initiive, ve your gnatures. mart: when ias getti petitis signed i woultell peoe server and rtenders are king $77 an hour. people we shocke last timi rember poticis got tother and ma compromes behind clod doors abt how mu i was wth was wort3/5 of aerson. and 16years later,i'm wortless thaa third of t lowespaid worr. [cash register dings]

[indistinct] 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 still get dicaid from thetate aofor myabies. it a struggle toe able to do thgs for mkids because the way get pa now, thtips. you ow, $3.0an houris definely not ough. $40 an houis not eugh. woma i have en on governme assistaesincmy son was 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 theyuffefrom o times e povertrate of t rest the s. workfce. nearly hf of tipd works relyn publicubsidies to makends mt. didn't tnk i w gonna ill be on pubc assistce 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. mmm it bur me up ery timei think out it. yaraman: we are bsidizin multmillion llar cooratns in twways. weay almosentirelyor theseworkers'ages thrgh ourips. but wee also ping for taayer-fund publicssistanc the form of food amps medicaidemerncy room use l the dierent wa thatorkers he find a y survivend can on thwages th they ea.

haey: i alys have,ou know,worked eher anotr job , you kn, you ha to dsomethinelse make en meet. i'm tanted as barberso i c hair.really, this pot, whatou can aord to d 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 thebecause itecomes everydayife, whatou deal th toake it wk. but that not e americ dream. it'sot the arican wa jayaran: the n trade sw is 6000 ople.

d their keynote ent watitled "the amecan drea"and itas theead of the nra,awn sweey,speaki about the ameran dream 've got em comin we'vgot themoming.we hava lot oforkers here frochicago th really nt to just talto dawn eeney. you ta action like thi to p your meage acss d it's druptiveto the iustry.man: t policeare onhe way.that'sk. you ed to ave. i'here tay to represent tippedorkers serve woers. struggleo pay bills. i strugg to putmy sonhrough sool. as long asnflationand co of livi goes up r pay hato go up okwe're goa justalk out. wel walk o.all, chanting:nra, y must kn 2.13as got tgo. nra, youust 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 kidand it's n gonnae stoofor. we're gonna ke fightin whethethey likit or no rhod: this iour righ to aemble anprotest. we got tir atntion toy. i was dad fighti goliath i stooup to em today and theynow not just me,but myther colagues, we'rnot gonntoleratehat. big upto all oy'all! i waed my soto see how strong i am. don't wa him to everhink 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. [cheerin hoy'all feing? my nams natakihodes.i havexperienc

sexu harassmt, sexualiscriminion,feelin groping and what a lot of our families doesn't realize ishat weo an unsn saifice toelp them and wearry tm on our backsand weo this wk becausewe lovthis wor right? won: i havbeen in this indtry for er 20 ars. 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 cleage, just tmake era tips toake homeo feed mkids. at is unacptable. womeworkerrising! [cheers d applau] ensleri remeer one o my fir jobs inidtown was rking inhis restrant ere the rst daythey hded me muniform, d it was pair ofblack ockings,

ack higheels an emera green tedo top with diand butto anthat was 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, yoknowdrunk gu y to liktake meand dae with mand grab me. wh you're t thereon theloor you n't necearily feel saf ocasioortez: iememr workinin restaurants anyowould ha someonesay sothing extremy inapprriate toou or y'd have meone touch yo and the ing is, it woul be the8th of t month the th of thmonth. and the rst of t next moh s rollinright arndand you d a rentheck to y. and you wermore likely

to snd up foyourself and to rect sexu harassmt on t 15th ofhe month or may the 10tof theonth wh you cou pick upan ext shift to me up forelling at guy tgo bz off. t on the8th of t month the 29tof the mth you wi let thaperson uch yo becausof youreconom desperaon.it's n jt about,"oh, ieed to aept this beuse i'm nna get a tip," 's abo the actl inability of thenvironme that you hav what hapns if icompla about ts? willy shiftse chged? ll all t sudden haveto worsuper la nights 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 were ally bus was in t middleof takg an ord li at the ble, n in han writingt down lking toy customs, d i was nd of be over, u know because was leaning ov talkg to theustomers

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 w flabbersted. i mean, at do yodo? i nt and td my maner d they sd, "oh, wl. boys ll be bo. "we needheir mon. it mar madness you ow, he'sonna keepaying money fobeer allight." he got full-on ope, and had to jt deal wh it. abt half oall amerans rk in a staurant 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 restaunt you' already start to cdition yrself to aept undiified havior.and sot haslongerm effes. it not likthere e povey wages r tippedorkers and the's xual harsment. n is is actuallythe me issue beuse whenou forcea woman earn hetips

as the mority ofher income she is way more vulnerable to harassment. reporter: 25 former and currt fema employe toldur partns at nolcom, he timesicayune,chef jn besh ftered cultureof sexl harassnt atis restaants. repoer 2: cebrity ch mao batali hastepped ck from nning his reaurant eire ter multle allegions of groping d sexualisconduc reporter: todd elish receny accuseof hassing t servers.reporter: 80% offemales ployed in t restaurt industryfeel harsment more acpted intheir instry thaany othe velasque i've hamanagersthat wld messa me 2:00 inhe morni sayi if you n't come hang o witmeand drk with m i'll take youff the sedule. and th would.theyould takme offights and put on dayso wherei was rely makg rent as punhment beuse wouldn'to wh, you knowwhat ty wanted sier: ♪ime's up♪♪ f the shaws ♪

♪ aut to me the lig ♪ ♪ downsirs ♪ i'm triing in i well is whipng in it♪ ♪ thelock is cking cause thtime's u.. ♪ wh time's up launcd and too wheviral, we werin a momt were people we finallyistening they werpaying aention to thetorieshat we happeng in rtaurants jayaman: oncyou know there no unlening it.there no goinback. sing: ♪ o time isere, outime is w ♪ ♪ our te has co and theime is u♪ [cheerand applse] lily a i arehere in chigan to join wi saru try to rae the prile ofhis effo to getone fair wage on t ballot. what aleasure. thanyou so much. and thtwo ladi are he, of crse, puing thisnitiativ agai 350,000ignature is wt they're oking fo r this tmove forrd.

, how aryou? hi li tom--ohi'm soy. ne fonda ly tomli we're bo actors. we're ght now a sees calle "grace a frankie anwe were "9 to 5 and, butuch moreimportant-isten. muchore impoant isthate're her with rurant opportunies unit cause weant to g a one ir wage on the blot xt novber. ok. it wouldaise theages t just f everybo but for pped worrs. ha you eve work as a waer? i'm a pped worr.both: u're tipped wker? foa: i didt realizthat ere s a two-ered sysm. wh we talkbout raing the nimum wa st of thtime it esn't includtipped wkers.and i waignorantf that. u need tfill this out we wouldove youto volteeras aanvasser absolute. mlin: wee tryingo geit on thballot in 2018.yeah. they have a nimum wage acrs the bod-- everytng acros the bod.

d they'det thr tips awell.that's ftastic. aside om beinghe manag here, ve been rving r 25 yea before i d this.yeah, once word as waiter,oo. mlin: i'here becse i ca about t worki person. my mher was nurse's de father rked in faory.they led paychk toaycheck. weever hadny savin or anying likehat. and i'veust alwa empaized witworking ople. they hav a twtiered stem where tied waite onlyet 3.38 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. yeahwe, you

kn thminimum- i don'know wha bus pele get pd, they pbably--nothing. nothing,ight. hey! foa: there been th queson about we, why wod cebrities me here and ta about o fair wa? yoknow, whare yousticki your ne out? 's a hum issue. you don know problem ists you're ignort, anthat's n good, but 's ignance. if you know probleexists and yodon't doanything aboutt, th you're rt of t problem. man: 15! 15! al chantin hey, mcdona's u can't de. wean see yr gritty side. the ght for fiftn stted withast foodorkers who arnot tipp anneither e cooks, dishwashs, and oer ba-of-the-use emplees. the fig for fifen efcts millns of pele. al 15!man: wn do we nt it?