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On the recordSeptember 23, 2019
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.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley discusses efforts to address wage inequality affecting restaurant workers.

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