Amy Goodman
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Campaigners Call for “One Fair Wage” to Help End Sexual Harassment for Tipped Restaurant Workers
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October 13, 2014
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12:11Now PlayingA new report finds up to 90 percent of women working restaurant jobs that depend on tips have experienced workplace sexual harassment. More than 70 percent of tipped workers are women, and female restaurant workers are especially vulnerable to harassment in states where tipped workers earn a federal minimum wage of $2.13 per hour. Today, just seven states require employers pay a regular minimum wage before tips. We speak with Saru Jayaraman, codirector and cofounder of Restaurant Opportunities Center United, which has released a new report, "The Glass FloorSexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry." Jayaraman is director of the Food Labor Research Center at University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of "Behind the Kitchen Door." We also speak with restaurant worker, Ashley Ogogor, and with former waitress, Eve Ensler, the awardwinning playwright and author of The Vagina Monologues. She helped create VDay, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls, and the One Billion Rising campaign, which is now in its third year.
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