NYC servers and bussers who make $5.50 an hour can look forward to 10-hour shifts, work on weekends and no overtime. Pre-tax, they've gained $385 at the end of a 70-hour work week. Workdays that are longer than eight hours are illegal, but employers are stealing far more than time from their employees.
Connecticut lawmakers Wednesday evening approved legislation that raises the state's minimum wage level to $10.10 an hour by 2017, making it the state with the highest minimum wage in the nation.
Advocates for the side of raising the minimum wage in the recent national debate are taking their cause on the road Monday as Americans United for Change kick off its "Give America a Raise" bus tour.
