How the Subminimum Wage Affects Disabled and Tipped Workers | Beyond the Scenes

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The current federal minimum wage for tipped workers is $2.13 and has not increased since 2009. Meanwhile, disabled employees can legally be paid less than their non-disabled counterparts, earning as little as 25 cents per hour. Host Roy Wood Jr. sits down with Daily Show researcher Stephanie O. and the President of One Fair Wage, Saru Jayaraman to discuss how the subminimum wage is legal, how tipping is a legacy of slavery, why restaurant workers aren’t running back to their jobs after the pandemic, and how the “other” NRA, the National Restaurant Association is the biggest obstacle to raising the minimum wage. Beyond the Scenes is a podcast from The Daily Show. Listen to new episodes every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts, or watch at YouTube.com/TheDaily Show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:04.9	What's up ears edition listener.
0:06.5	It's Roy Wood Jr. The correspondent for The Daily Show.
0:09.2	You're about to hear an episode of one of our original Daily Show podcasts beyond the
0:13.0	scenes.
0:14.0	It's the show where we dive deeper into segments and topics that first air on a daily show,
0:18.5	and then we bring on some of the show's writers and shows producers and experts in this episode
0:24.0	is about Subminimum Wage and how it affects disabled and tip workers.
0:28.4	I'm joined by Daily Show researcher, Stephanie O. and the president of One Fair Wage,
0:33.4	Sauru J. Aureman, to discuss how the Subminimum Wage is legal and what is the biggest obstacle
0:39.4	to raising the minimum wage.
0:41.5	We hope you enjoyed.
0:42.5	And if you like the show, check out the Beyond the Scenes podcast, whatever you get your
0:46.4	podcast.
0:47.4	Hey, welcome to Beyond the Scenes.
0:57.5	The podcast that goes deeper into segments and topics that originally aired on the Daily
1:02.6	Show.
1:03.6	This is what this podcast is like.
1:04.9	This podcast is like a smoothie.
1:07.4	You know, with the perfect blend of healthy fruit, a little bit of protein powder, lots
1:13.0	of greens, or that dumb ass chia seed or that flax seed, you bought at the beginning
1:18.5	of the year because you told yourself, new year, new me, I'm gonna put flax seed and everything
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