Research already showed how the pandemic exacerbated sexual harassment experienced by service workers. New research shows tipped workers who earn below the minimum wage are even more likely to experience harassment.
Tag: Minimum Wage
COVID-19 is Exposing the Need for Permanent Structural Change
During the COVID-19 pandemic, women have lost three decades of hard-fought gains in a single year. But injustices and inequities that existed long before COVID-19 have been exposed—and conversations around how we can support women are finally started. This is a moment like none before, and we need permanent, structural change to reach full equity.
Why Increasing the Minimum Wage Could Help Close the Gender Wage Gap
Nearly two-thirds of the employees making minimum wage are female. In states that have increased the minimum wage, the gender pay gap has begun to close.
“The economy can’t recover as long as millions of people who have been hardest hit [by COVID] are still being paid poverty level wages.”
The Ms. Must-Read: “If They Don’t Give Us a Seat, We Bring a Folding Chair”
Every Friday, Ms. executive editor Kathy Spillar breaks down the week’s biggest stories, offering commentary. This weekly letter from the editor recaps critical developments in U.S. and global feminism—alongside the latest Ms. must-reads—right as they unfold.
Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Rescue Plan is Ambitious, Big and Bold—Just What We Need.
The American Rescue Plan is ambitious, big and bold; it is just what we need to heal us from the COVID-19 malady. It took a bold president to propose this legislation and then to fight for it with every bone in his body.
A New Era for Women: Biden’s Plan to Invest in Workers and Families
Every week, Carrie Baker breaks down President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s promise to “build back better” on women’s rights to health care, economic security and physical safety.
This week: the Biden-Harris plan for family life and economic security.
Biden Must Stay Faithful To a Strong Workers’ Rights Agenda. Essential Workers Deserve It
Biden must use his executive power and influence to immediately uplift the essential workers who have kept our country going amid this pandemic and political upheaval.
Senate Democrats Move to Raise the Minimum Wage in Crucial Step Toward Economic Justice
After flipping the Senate following key wins in Georgia, Democrats are wasting no time moving forward on key promises made on the campaign trail—including raising the federal minimum wage
Restaurant Workers Demand “One Fair Wage” in New York
One Fair Wage, One Billion Rising and 25+ other groups staged public self-defense training action and delivered a letter to Governor’s New York City office called for a fair wage for restaurant workers.
The Feminist Case for Raising the Minimum Wage
Scant wages leave legions of workers vulnerable to abuse and exploitation—particularly sexual harassment.