Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Voters will decide on Initiative 77 on June 19, 2018.
Many of D.C.’s restaurant and bar workers are paid a $3.33 tipped minimum wage per hour rather than $12.50, the standard hourly minimum wage for non-tipped workers. Tips from customers make up the difference, unless the tips do not reach that threshold, in which case employers pay the remainder. In June, voters will consider a ballot initiative to eliminate the tipped minimum wage by 2025, making one $15 hourly minimum wage for all workers. Would the change hurt or help workers? Kojo explores the debate that is dividing Washington’s restaurants and bars.
Guests
- Ryan Aston Bartender; Founding Member, Restaurant Workers of America; @RWorkersA
- Jessica Yañez Lead Organizer, Restaurant Opportunities Center of Washington, D.C. (ROC-DC); @ROCDC
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