ADVERTISE
ADVERTISE BUT TO THE POINT ABOUT THE DEAL TALKING ABOUT
TIPPING AND JANE FONDA.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU SHE IS ON A
MISSION TO MAKE SURE MORE
PEOPLE WHO WORK AT RESTAURANTS
GET MINIMUM WAGE.
THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY IS THE
LARGEST EMPLOYER OF WOMEN IN
THIS COUNTRY AND BY LAW IN 42
STATES THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PAY
AS LITTLE AS $2.13 PER HOUR.
LET THAT SINK IN.
ONLY EIGHT STATES IN THE
COUNTRY AND TWO CITIES PAY
RESTAURANT WORKERS THE STANDARD
MINIMUM WAGE.
MINIMUM WAGE. WASHINGTON STATE IS ONE.
EVERYONE ELSE THE MINIMUM
$2.13.
$2.13.
$2.13. FONDA SPOKE AT THE RIVETER ON
CAPITOL HILL TO SHINE THE LIGHT
ON THIS ONE FAIR WAGE CAMPAIGN.
OR SOON WORKERS, ESPECIALLY
WOMEN, TO RELY ON THE WHIMS OF
CUSTOMERS TO PAY THEIR BILLS
WITH THEM IN A VULNERABLE
POSITION.
POSITION.
POSITION. >> IN ORDER TO GET TIPS THAT
WILL ALLOW YOU TO SURVIVE YOU
HAVE TO PLEASE THE CUSTOMER AND
CUSTOMERS ALWAYS RIGHT AND PUT
UP WITH WHATEVER HAPPENS.
>> ACCORDING TO RESEARCH,
STATES LIKE WASHINGTON THAT
HAVE GIVEN KEPT WORKERS THE
MINIMUM WAGE HAVE SEEN SEXUAL
HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS DROP BY
HALF WORKERS KNOW THEY DON'T
HAVE TO PUT UP WITH CERTAIN
BEHAVIOR BECAUSE THEY HAVE A
CHECK COMING IN.
NOT JUST $2.13.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, YOU DON'T
HERE, PARTICULARLY IN SEATTLE
THEY DON'T MAKE $15 YOU TIP
EXTRA IF THEY DID GOOD WORK AT
OTHER PLACES NEED THAT TIP.
>> ISN'T THERE A TAX IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE?
I REMEMBER THERE WAS A LINE ITEM
TAX.
TAX.
TAX. >>
TAX. >> SOME RESTAURANTS -- .
>> A BIT TRICKY THE AMBIGUITY
AROUND TIPPING SOMETIMES DO YOU
NEED THIS OR JUST WANT THIS,
HOW MANY PLACES YOU WALK UP TO
AND THERE IS A TIP JAR AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN -- --
>> I DON'T WANT THE FOOD PRICES
TO INCREASE IT IS HARD ENOUGH
TO EAT NOW.
EVERYTHING SO EXPENSIVE YOU GO
ON A DATE RIGHT NOW FOR TWO
PEOPLE IT IS AT LEAST $100.
>> THAT IS THE PROBLEM FOR
RESTAURANTS TOO.
RESTAURANTS TOO. IF YOU GO TO EVEN YOUR FAVORITE
RESTAURANT, THE OWNERS NO YOU
MAY ONLY GO ONCE A YEAR TO YOU
ARE SHOWING AT $100 EVERY TIME
YOU GO OUT TO EAT BUT THE ONLY
FREQUENT ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR.
>> ALL GOOD POINT.
I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSED
TO THIS.
TO THIS.
TO THIS. IF RESTAURANTS PAY MORE AND
DON'T RELY ON TIPPING THEY WILL
GO OUT OF BUSINESS.
THEY ACTUALLY ADDRESS THAT.
THE UC BERKELEY PROFESSOR
STUDIES THIS ISSUE AND SHE SAYS
THIS PRACTICE WE HAVE IS ROOTED
IN SLAVERY.
IN SLAVERY. >> 150 YEARS AGO THERE WERE TWO
OTHER INDUSTRIES THE SET
EXACTLY WHAT THE RESTAURANT
INDUSTRY IS SAYING TODAY TWO
OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT SAY WE
CAN NEVER PAY A WAGE IF WE DID
WE WOULD GO OUT OF BUSINESS AND
WE AS AMERICANS SAID YOU KNOW
WHAT?
WHAT?
WHAT? WE
WHAT? WE DON'T CARE.
THAT IS UNSUSTAINABLE, IMMORAL,
INHUMAN AND WE REJECTED A BAD
BUSINESS MODEL, THOSE
INDUSTRIES WERE TOBACCO AND
COTTON AFTER EMANCIPATION THEY
DEMANDED THE RIGHT TO NOT PAY
ANYTHING AND LET THEM LIVE ON
TIPS AND THAT BECAME LAW THE
IDEA YOU COULD PAY A WORKER
NOTHING AND THEY HAVE TO LIVE
ON THE LARGESS OF CUSTOMERS,
WHICH IS NOT THE ORIGINAL IDEA
OF A TIP.
OF A TIP.
OF A TIP. >> SHE TALKED ABOUT THE
ORIGINAL IDEA OF A TIP IN
EUROPE WASN'T MEANT TO BE A
WAGE IT WAS MEANT TO BE TO
ENSURE PROMPT SERVICE.
>> AT THE SAME TIME EITHER
PEOPLE WHO LIKE TIPPING?
WHEN I WAS A SERVER IN HIGH
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE I FELT LIKE
I MADE A LOT OF MONEY.
>> WERE YOU EVER HARASSED?
I KNOW A LOT OF WOMEN REPORT
BECAUSE THEY NEED THE MONEY AND
THEY SOMETIMES PUT UP WITH
THINGS BECAUSE IF THEY ARE
WILLING TO GET $2 NOW THEY NEED
THE TIP.
THE TIP.
THE TIP. >> IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE
18-20 TO YOU DON'T CARE.
I MEAN YOU DO CARE BUT I'M JUST
SAYING IT'S NOT LIKE I NEEDED
THE JOB AS MUCH.
I THINK I HAVE A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.
BUT I DON'T KNOW JUST CURIOUS ON
HOW --
HOW --
HOW -- >>
HOW -- >> 6 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY THAT WORK IN THE
RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, TIPPED
WORKERS AND A LOT OF US HAVE
WORKED IN RESTAURANTS LET US
KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
WHEN THINK THAT WAS COOL WE
ENDED UP WE CAUGHT UP -- ROOM A
ROOM WE GAVE AWAY TICKETS TO
THIS EVENT?
THIS EVENT? I RAN INTO HER HER DAUGHTER
WORKS AS A WAITRESS AND
EXPERIENCING THE SAME THINGS
OTHERS REPORTED.
OTHERS REPORTED. >> SOME DAYS SHE GOES TO WORK
AND DOESN'T GET ENOUGH TO AND
IT IS HARDLY WORTH DRIVING HER
CAR EVEN AT THE WAGES THEY HAVE
HERE IN WASHINGTON.
>> THE TAKE AWAY IS, JAMES OF
THE SILLY, MANY TIMES WE GO TO
A RESTAURANT WE KNOW WHERE THE
CHICKEN COMES FROM OR THIS
COMES FROM.
COMES FROM. MAYBE WE CAN BE MORE MINDFUL
ABOUT HOW COMPANIES ARE
TREATING THEIR WORKERS.
THERE IS THIS CALLED THE DINERS
GUIDE. STILL BUILDING BUT IT
WILL ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT SO YOU
CAN TELL IT HOW TO FILTER YOUR
RESTAURANT AND IT WILL TELL YOU
WHICH