Excerpt: Strikingly, we found that the family poverty rate for waitresses and waiters is nearly three times the poverty rate for all workers... And while most waitresses and waiters are struggling, the economic picture is even worse for their front‐of‐thehouse colleagues like bussers and runners, as well as kitchen staff who do not receive tips. Tipped workers outside of food service, including delivery people, car wash workers, and personal services workers, like nail salon workers, generally earn even less...
Strengthening protections for tipped workers can bring tipped jobs closer to living wage jobs, something that our economy badly needs more of today.
Testimony to the New York Restaurant and Hotel Industry Wage Board
National Employment Law Project, Jun 3 2009
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