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$2.13 Is Not Enough: Restaurant Workers Confront Darden CEO Clarence Otis

Protest outside Darden Restaurants, Inc. shareholder meeting in Fla. Photo by Rob McGarrah

Darden Restaurants Inc., the company whose 28,000 workers serve at Red Lobster, Olive Garden and the upscale Capital Grille restaurants, found itself on the defensive in September, as CEO Clarence Otis tried to explain to shareholders why year after year earnings per share dropped and restaurant servers labored under a $2.13 per hour federal “tipped” minimum wage, with no paid sick leave.

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Day of Action: Raise the Minimum Wage Now!

Photo by Wisconsin Jobs Now/Flickr

The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since July 24, 2009, and tomorrow, in a national day of action in more than 30 cities across the country, a broad coalition of labor, faith, civil rights, community and policy activists will call on Congress to raise the minimum wage.

Click here to sign our petition asking Congress to raise the minimum wage.

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The Perfect Gift for FLSA’s 75th Anniversary? A Raise in the Minimum Wage

The Perfect Gift for FLSA’s 75th Anniversary? A Raise in the Minimum Wage

Marking the 75th anniversary of the nation’s cornerstone wage law, Vice President Joe Biden told a White House audience that included a number of minimum wage workers:

It’s time to raise the minimum wage and keep faith with the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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Restaurant Worker Advocate to Appear on 'Real Time with Bill Maher' Tonight

Saru Jayaraman

Saru Jayaraman, co-director and co-founder of  ROC-United , will appear on HBO's " Real Time with Bill Maher " tonight at 10 p.m. EDT   to discuss the importance of raising the tipped minimum wage for our country's 10 million restaurant workers. 

If you have HBO, be sure to tune in. 

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Sign the petition to raise the minimum wage

It’s been four years since low-wage workers got a raise. Sign the petition to tell Congress it’s time to raise the minimum wage.

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