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Among the unscripted and documentary categories at last week’s NAACP Image Awards, Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power took home one of the top prizes, as it was awarded Outstanding ...
Listen • 53:03 Labor Groups & Gig Workers Continue The Fight Against Prop 22 For Fair Pay & Worker Protections On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing the fallout of the passage of Proposition 22, a ballot measure that defines California’s gig workers as… Listen • 53:03
Still from the Abby Ginzburg documentary ‘Waging Change.’ Watch a documentary about restaurant workers; join a conversation about Black Berkeley; learn about global botanical art; explore California’s wilderness; and read a story about rainbows. WAGING CHANGE The situation for restaurant workers has become dire because of the pandemic, but there have been unfair working conditions in the industry for a long time. Waging Change, a documentary by Abby Ginzberg, profiles restaurant workers who are trying to feed themselves and their families off tips. It covers the movement to end the f...
Abby Ginzberg's film "Waging Change" advocates to end the federal tipped minimum wage of $2.13 an hour for restaurant workers.
53:06 On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing Waging Change, a new documentary that shines a light on the challenges tipped workers face who are struggling to make ends meet. For years, they have been organizing to end the tipped worker minimum wage, which is under $5 an hour in 43 states. In some states, the tipped wage is $2.13 an hour. President Biden has promised to raise the federal minimum wage, which hasn't moved in 11 years. Congressional Democrats have reintroduced the Raise the Wage Act, which would gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2025. It woul...