I am working with some restaurant workers to eliminate the subminimum wage, which in many ways, given who represents that workforce, contributes to the very issue we are discussing today.
On the recordSeptember 23, 2019
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Pressley discusses efforts to address wage inequality affecting restaurant workers.
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