Minimum Wage, Just the Tip of the Problem
Crosstown with Pat Kiernan
English - April 25, 2019 09:00 - 15 minutes - 29 MB - ★★★★★ - 91 ratingsDaily News News Politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Giving a waiter a tip is a much more complicated system than you might realize. What happens to the restaurant industry when the minimum wage is bumped? Why don’t servers get the same base pay as everyone else? And why are some waitresses pushing back on celebrities campaigning for servers to get a higher paycheck? Pat Kiernan talks to NY1 reporter Lindsay Tuchman about her investigation into the minimum wage increase in NYC restaurants.