That tipped workers make $2.00 an hour in actual pay is a crime. Maybe we can address this when the min wage is fixed?
Tips are ‘way down’ in restaurants. Sexual harassment is up, a new study shows.
The coronavirus has exacerbated the power imbalance between tipped servers and their
customers, according to a new study by the nonprofit One Fair Wage, which surveyed 1,675 food service workers in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. While tipped workers — 70 percent of whom are women — were always somewhat beholden to their customers, the coronavirus economy has given the customer far more power, leaving servers vulnerable to sexual harassment and health risks, as many customers refuse to respect the restrictions necessary to keep servers safe. Struggling to get by, servers are more reliant on tips than they used to be.
