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Feb 13 starts at 9:00am |
Does tipped minimum wage equal legalized gender discrimination? Join Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) for a congressional briefing on "Gender Equity in the Restaurant Industry." The restaurant industry’s treatment of women made headlines in the last few months in the context of the Presidential campaign. However, few reporters covered the real story: women make up the majority of the industry’s more than 10 million workers, but suffer in its lowest-paying positions with little access to benefits. Moreover, 66% of the industry’s 3.6 million tipped workers are women, for whom the federal minimum wage has been frozen at $2.13 for over twenty years. This makes the restaurant industry the only sector of the U.S. economy in which a lower wage for women is set by law and not just employer practice. Doors open at 8:30a with refreshments; program begins at 9a |
B-338 Rayburn House Office Building | |
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March 10, 2012 |
Join over 1,000 union members, community leaders and politicians for this annual celebration. To reserve tickets and/or ad space in the Dinner Program Guide, contact Kathleen McKirchy at 202 974-8221 or kmckirch@dclabor.org. | Omni Shoreham Hotel (2500 Calvert Street NW) | |