Michael Regilio
speaker
2,071 appearances
9 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 12 Jul
Michael Regilio’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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No, no, no.
Even crazier, because when I started waiting tables in California, the state minimum wage was $10 an hour.
By the time I finished, it was $15 an hour.
Now, I'm sitting in California.
I happen to know for a fact you are sitting in California.
So let me ask you something.
Are there any restaurants around in California?
Yeah, more than a few.
California has the most restaurants of any state.
Okay, we're a huge state, so that's a given.
But clearly, the business model of paying tip workers the minimum wage is working.
Yes, but here's the problem.
California is an outlier.
Currently, there are only seven states that pay tip workers the state minimum wage.
That is Alaska, California, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
Everywhere else, tip workers are still making less than the minimum wage.
Yeah, that's an incredibly good question.
If a big chain restaurant can afford to pay waiters in California $15 an hour, why are they only paying waiters in Texas $2.13 an hour?
Just doesn't make any sense.
And looking for the answer to this question was not that easy.
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