If we want to raise people out of poverty, if we want to ensure that Americans have the opportunity to enter the middle class, and if we believe that workers deserve a decent wage for an honest day's work, then we must enact a meaningful deterrent to wage theft and help workers seek justice.
Adams emphasizes the need for legislation to combat wage theft and support workers.
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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.
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