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Moyers & Company
All Work and No Pay
Season 3
Episode 13
Did you know that the federal minimum wage for many workers in sit-down restaurants is only $2.13 an hour? Restaurants claim that tips make up the difference -- but tips are random and often meager. So much so that restaurant workers are twice as likely to be on public assistance. Bill speaks with activist Saru Jayaraman of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, about the group's fight for bette
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The corrupting influence of money in politics and what's being done about it.
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Marilynne Robinson on her new book "Lila" and the state of democracy in America.