Subminimum wage system is age-old injustice

Subminimum wage system is age-old injustice

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The Tipped Wage is a Legacy of Slavery. Chicago is Right to End it.

By Ben Jealous — The subminimum wage for tipped workers is a legacy of slavery. After the Civil War, many employers in hospitality and rail service hired newly freed Black workers into jobs where tips often replaced wages. Tips became, for too many workers, the wage itself. That injustice still lives on today in the form of a lower minimum wage for tipped workers.