The Tipped Minimum Wage Didn’t Help Restaurants and Hotels Survive the Pandemic, Says a New Report
Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.As the debate over raising the minimum wage heats up, there has been renewed attention on the subminimum wage that restaurant servers make…
While DC Keeps Debating a $15 Minimum Wage, Fast-Food Workers Are Striking for It Now
Scott Olson/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Tuesday, fast-food workers in 15 cities across the United States went on strike to put pressure on Congress for a $15 minimum wage. Workers from Durham to Chicago…
A Racist Policy Keeps Restaurant Workers in Poverty. Will Biden End It?
Noam Galai/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.For many restaurant workers, the trade off for hours of grueling work serving food and dealing with demoralizing customers, not to mention the threat of stray COVID-19 germs…
Republicans’ Miserly Stimulus Plan Is More Band-Aid Than Economic Treatment
Sen. Susan CollinsBill Clark/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Ten Senate Republicans, led by Susan Collins of Maine, are pushing against President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal with a counteroffer less than one-third as large.…
GameStop Store Employees Have No Idea What You’re Talking About
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Over the last week, many people have made money because of GameStop who don’t work for GameStop. The company’s stock price jumped through the roof, benefiting…
A Comcast Employee Was Told to Upsell Internet to Low-Income People. So He Quit.
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.We asked people who have quit since January 2020 how and why they did it. You can read more about the project and find every story here. Got your own quitting…