Heidi Shierholz famous quotes

Evidence shows that even now, when it is illegal for employers to pocket tips, many still do. Research on workers in three large U.S. cities found that 12 percent of tipped workers had tips stolen by their employers or supervisors. With that much illegal tip theft taking place, it's clear that when employers can legally pocket the tips, many will.
-- Heidi Shierholz

#Evidence

Basic US economics tells us that back-of-the-house workers are very unlikely to get more pay overall. The fact that workers are in those jobs means employers are already paying them what they need to pay them to get them in the current environment. If employers do share some tips with them, it will likely be offset by a reduction in their base pay.
-- Heidi Shierholz

#Mean #Environment #Share

When Donald Trump was running for office, he made big claims about how he was going to fight for workers. But since in office, he has consistently moved against the interest of workers in favor of corporate interests - by rolling back important worker protections, advancing nominees to key posts with records of enabling the exploitation of working people, pushing for the dismantling of Obamacare, fighting for a tax bill that overwhelmingly favors the wealthy, etc.
-- Heidi Shierholz

#Running #Fighting #People

In the case of the tip rule, Donald Trump has delivered a huge gift to the owners of big chain restaurants, for whom getting their hands on workers' tips has been a holy grail for a very long time. In Donald Trump, they finally found a president who will do their bidding.
-- Heidi Shierholz

#Long #Holy Grail #President

The evidence is in, and you are the verdict.

The evidence indicates that woman is, on the whole, biologically superior to man.

I don't see much evidence of an equity bubble,

Circumstantial evidence is evidence.

Most scientists never look at UFO evidence, which leads to their conclusion that there is no evidence...

In another couple centuries I'm sure that worldview won't even exist.  There's no evidence for it.

Tapes, as we all know, are very powerful evidence. Tapes that are altered are powerfully misleading.

Experimental evidence is the final arbiter of right and wrong.

Oral myths are closer to the genetic conclusions than the often ambiguous scientific evidence of archaeology.

The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true.