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Queens pols to Labor Dept.: Raise tipped workers to full minimum wage
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
edavenport@qns.com / @QNS
Two Queens representatives are calling
on the state to put tipped workers on the
same level as other workers at City Hall
on Tuesday.
Councilman Francisco Moya was
joined by Assemblywoman Ari Espinal,
organized labor groups and worker’s
rights organizations on Sept. 4 to call for
the Department of Labor to eliminate
tipped credit and raise all tipped workers
to the state’s full minimum wage.
“Th e livelihoods of restaurant servers,
car wash workers, nail salon employees
or any tipped worker should not be
dependent on tolerating sexual harassment
and discrimination but our twotiered
minimum wage system incentivizes
silently suff ering these indignities,”
Moya said. “It’s time for New York to join
the seven other states that have eliminated
the tipped credit and providing tipped
workers with the stability that comes
from being guaranteed a living wage.”
According to Moya, tipped workers are
twice as likely to live in poverty than other
working New Yorkers and less likely to
have health insurance than those working
in the private sector. Th e service industry
also records more sexual harassment
complaints from workers than any other
industry in the country.
For these reasons, Moya will introduce
a resolution on Sept. 12 that will not only
help tipped workers earn a stable living
wage, but also allow them to take advantage
basic worker’s rights like protections
against misconduct including wage theft
and harassment.
“New York’s two-tiered wage system
fuels poverty, harassment, discrimination
and wage theft . Forcing restaurant,
car wash and nail salon workers to rely
almost entirely on tips to survive is simply
wrong. Fortunately, there is a better
way,” said Catherine Barnett, director
of Restaurant Opportunities Center of
New York. “New York must be a leader in
the fi ght for One Fair Wage and join the
seven states that have already phased out
the tipped subminimum wage – resulting
in gains for workers across the board. We
applaud Council member Moya and his
colleagues on the New York City Council
for their leadership on this issue.”
“No worker should have their livelihood
threatened because they didn’t smile
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enough or prostrate themselves before a
customer,” said Deborah Axt, co-director
of Make Th e Road NY. “We’ve heard
enough horror stories about the conditions
tipped employees are forced to work under
to know that this two-tiered system must
end. We thank Council member Moya
for his long-standing work on this issue
and for standing up today to call on the
Department of Labor to bring all tipped
workers up to the full minimum wage.”
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