Saru Jayaraman Thinks Restaurant Workers Deserve Better

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Do you know the minimum wage in your state? Saru Jayaraman does. As co-founder and president of One Fair Wage and director of the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley, Saru and her team are fighting in support of the Raise the Wage Act, which would increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour and get rid of the $2.13 minimum wage for tipped workers. Saru joins us to talk about the ongoing campaign. She also explains the connection between wages, food stamps and sexual harassment and why a higher minimum wage is better for everyone. Plus, find out why Callie Flynn thinks Tove Ohlander of Tove by Design is the Bombe. Thank you to Käserei Champignon, the makers of Cambozola cheese, for supporting this episode.

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0:00.0	Restaurant workers and tipped workers in particular use food stamps at double the rate of the rest of the U.S. workforce.
0:06.2	Food stamps are not easy to come by.
0:08.6	Like anybody who has a notion that these are teenagers trying to get extra tips to go buy a dress for prom is sadly mistaken.
0:23.6	Boys and girls are up fired up. The show that's all about women and food.
0:40.8	I'm your host, Carrie Diamond.
0:43.0	I have a question for all of you before we start.
0:45.8	Do you know what the minimum wages in your state?
0:48.6	If you don't, Google it.
0:50.3	You might be shocked what your state expects people to live on.
0:53.8	I'm asking because today's guest is Saru J. Araman, co-founder and president of One Fair Wage,
1:00.5	and director of the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley.
1:04.5	Saru has been fighting for restaurant workers since 9-11,
1:07.6	when she co-founded an organization to help the workers from Windows on the World,
1:11.6	the famous restaurant at the top of the World Trade Center. Currently, Sauru and the team at
1:18.1	one fair wage are working to get the federal minimum wage raised from $7.25 to $15. They're also
1:25.4	fighting to get the sub-minimum wage of $2.13 removed. Some of you might know that
1:31.4	as the tipped minimum wage or the tip credit. It's complicated, and you might not have even realized
1:36.8	that there are two different minimum wages, but sorrow is here to explain what's going on.
1:42.9	Today's show is brought to you by Kayserai Champagnon,
1:46.4	the makers of Kambizola, a beautiful soft creamy cheese that you will hear more about in just a minute.
1:52.9	I had some last night on my Mary's crackers, and it's so good you don't need any accoutrements,
1:58.4	except maybe something nice to drink with it. It's fun to say,
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