- WASHINGTON -- Its been a busy few months at Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, a scrappy non-profit that advocates for low-wage restaurant workers. (Huffington Post)
- Restaurant workers who make the federal minimum wage for tipped workers are pretty well screwed: That minimum wage is just $2.13 an hour, the theory being that tips will be enough for these workers to get by. (DAILY KOS)
- Last week the Florida Senate's Commerce and Tourism Committee voted in favor of SB 2106, which would reduce the minimum wage paid to people who work in Florida's restaurants. (Palm Beach Post (blog))
- A bill to change Floridas minimum wage law for tipped employees has touched a nerve with supporters of low-income workers. On Tuesday, it sparked a protest at an Outback Steakhouse restaurant in Miami Lakes. (Sun Sentinel)
- LOS ANGELES - A former bakery cashier at the Cheesecake Factory in Woodland Hills can take to trial her lawsuit alleging she was fired for complaining that two supervisors sexually harassed her, a judge ruled today. (Los Angeles Daily News)
- The Huntington Beach, California-based company, which owns and operates restaurants in California and get squeezed once growth picks up and workers are able to negotiate wage increases adequate to keep pace with inflation. (Businessweek)
- A Florida Senate committee has followed the advice of a restaurant association and passed a bill that would cut the minimum wage for tipped workers by more than half. (Raw Story)
- SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Nine workers at a South Charleston restaurant have been taken to hospitals following their exposure to chemical fumes. (msnbc.com)
- No question, being a waiter is hard—especially on Valentines Day! But you know what is even harder? Being a waiter with two x chromosomes. (Gothamist.com)
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Restaurant workers
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