New York, NY— Restaurant workers saw with their own eyes today the U.S. Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney taking food orders and serving them to customers at a West Side restaurant as a way to experience their difficult work during a three-restaurant tour.
The fight for a minimum wage of $15 per hour plus tips on top for restaurant workers continues as Governor Kathy Hochul still has not taken executive again to raise their wages and end the subminimum wage, even though she has publicly said she’s in favor of a higher wage.
At the Baodega Restaurant on West 20th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues, Su and Maloney, joined by the president of the Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union (RWDSU), impressed upon the attendees the need for the Senate to pass the Raise the Wage Act, which passed the House last year.
Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage, a national coalition, campaign and organization that seeks to end all subminimum wages in the United States, was thrilled to have the Deputy Labor Secretary agree to visit three restaurants and to be a server, saying that her participation is a testament to both President Joe Biden’s administration support of the issue and Su’s commitment in particular.
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