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Elizabeth Warren: “The only option we have that works is that we have to raise the floor on the minimum wage for tipped workers.”

On the recordJune 24, 2013
The only option we have that works is that we have to raise the floor on the minimum wage for tipped workers.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren emphasizes the need to increase minimum wage for tipped workers to combat poverty.

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