There's An Under-The-Radar Fight Going On In D.C. Over How Much Restaurant Workers Should Be Paid

1.0WAMUhttps://wamu.orgMartin Austermuhlehttps://wamu.org/author/martin-austermuhle/There's An Under-The-Radar Fight Going On In D.C. Over How Much Restaurant Workers Should Be Paidrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iTUbKWRwUM"><a href="https://wamu.org/story/17/09/18/d-c-waiters-make-minimum-wage-labor-groups-say-yes-lawsuit-says-no/">There’s An Under-The-Radar Fight Going On In D.C. Over How Much Restaurant Workers Should Be Paid</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://wamu.org/story/17/09/18/d-c-waiters-make-minimum-wage-labor-groups-say-yes-lawsuit-says-no/embed/#?secret=iTUbKWRwUM" width="600" height="338" title="“There’s An Under-The-Radar Fight Going On In D.C. Over How Much Restaurant Workers Should Be Paid” — WAMU" data-secret="iTUbKWRwUM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tips.jpg20001325Progressive activists want D.C. voters to decide on whether the city should phase out its tipped wage system for bar and restaurant workers, but the push is being fought by the restaurant industry.