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LiberalEsto

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4. My daughter makes $3.63 an hour as a waitress in Maryland

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 11:28 AM

Jul 2013

which is higher than the federal minimum wage for "tipped" workers, $2.13 an hour.

There "tipped" workers get screwed in so many ways:
-- Irregular part-time hours make it impossible to take on a second job
-- No health insurance, sick pay, vacation or other benefits
-- Having to share tips with the cooks, hostesses, buspeople, etc.

Tips are way down from past years because fewer people can afford to dine out.

Unfortunately, these are the only jobs some folks can find.

Economic recovery is a myth. It's not happening.

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Part-Time Is the New Full-Time [View all] n2doc Jul 2013 OP

10 bucks an hour, part time, with no benefits duffyduff Jul 2013 #1

Thanks for posting this. enlightenment Jul 2013 #2

Creeping fascism AgingAmerican Jul 2013 #3

My daughter makes $3.63 an hour as a waitress in Maryland LiberalEsto Jul 2013 #4

It's all because of Obamacare, edhopper Jul 2013 #5

Obamacare isn't helping n2doc Jul 2013 #6