Alma Adams: “These restrictions, alone, leave out 44 percent of private sector workers--or 49 million workers--from the FMLA.”

It is abundantly clear that there are two agendas present today. The republican's agenda will weaken worker protections and let low road employers off the hook for breaking the law.

The current sub-minimum wage with tipped employees perpetuates low pay, enables, inexcusable levels of wage theft, and it leads to higher poverty rates.

In one of the richest countries in the world no one working full-time should be living in poverty.

Tipped workers are unfortunately paid less per hour than non-tipped workers, and they have less access to benefits.