Restaurant Worker Research & Reports

The complete list of OFW research reports on restaurant workers, tipped workers, the subminimum wage, sexual harassment in the restaurant industry, racial equity in restaurant pay, and state-by-state wage campaigns. Click any report above for the cover, summary, and full PDF.

• #STOPGOLF — industry
• New Survey: 94% of New York Restaurant Workers Support One Fair Wage — NY • polling • wages
• “Take Your Mask Off so I Know How Much to Tip You“ — harassment • health
• A Persistent Legacy of Slavery — racial equity • history
• A Win-Win Solution for Chicago — IL • small business • wages
• Always Essential, Still Waiting for Change — New York — NY • wages • health
• Always Essential, Still Waiting for Change — wages • health
• An Industry of Immigrants: Restaurant Industry Impacts of Mass Deportation — immigration • industry
• Are You Being Served? — wages
• Baltimore: This Mothers' Day, the Mothers Who Serve Us Deserve a Raise — MD • wages • gender
• Black Tipped Workers in Illinois: A Cost of Living Crisis — IL • racial equity • wages
• Chicago Poll on Raising Minimum Wage to $30 — IL • polling • wages
• Chicago Success Story — IL • wins • wages
• Closed Due to Low Wages — staffing • wages
• DC Restaurant Jobs & Tips Reach Record High — DC • wins • industry
• Dine Back Better Portland — OR • industry
• Dine Back Better — industry
• Doing More For Less — wages
• Ending a Legacy of Slavery — racial equity • history
• Ending Legacy of Slavery and Addressing Maryland's Restaurant Staffing Crisis — MD • racial equity • staffing
• Food Service Workers & The Food Stamp Crisis — public benefits • wages
• Full Deal for Full Recovery — wages
• Help Wanted — staffing
• How the Raise the Wage Act Will Decrease Worker Poverty (Maine) — ME • wages • federal policy
• Illinois, It's Time To End The Subminimum Wage — IL • subminimum
• Illinois: It's a Wage Shortage, Not a Worker Shortage — IL • staffing • wages
• Illinois: We Are Drowning — IL • wages
• Impacts of the Subminimum Wage for Tipped Workers in Puerto Rico — PR • subminimum • tipped
• Intentional Inequality Illinois — IL • racial equity • wages
• Intentional Inequality — racial equity • wages
• It's a Wage Shortage, Not a Worker Shortage — staffing • wages
• Locked Out by Low Wages — wages • public benefits
• Locked Out by Low Wages (alt) — wages • public benefits
• Los Angeles Poll on Raising Minimum Wage to $30 — CA • polling • wages
• Major City Poll Testing Support of $30 Minimum Wage — polling • wages
• Maryland Workers Demand One Fair Wage — MD • wages
• Michigan: It's a Wage Shortage, Not a Worker Shortage — MI • staffing • wages
• Minimizing Wages & Worker Health — health • wages
• New York Brief on The Tipped Minimum Wage as a Gender Equity Issue — NY • gender • tipped
• New York Consumers Can Expect Significant Disruptions (Holiday Season) — NY • staffing
• New York: It's a Wage Shortage, Not a Worker Shortage — NY • staffing • wages
• New York: We Are Drowning — NY • wages
• No Pride in Subminimum Wages — lgbtq • subminimum
• No Rights, Low Wages, No Service — wages • harassment
• November 2020 Election Recap — polling
• November 2020 Update: The Momentum Continues — polling
• NYC Poll on Raising Minimum Wage to $30 — NY • polling • wages
• OFW Making History: Winning One Fair Wage in Washington D.C. — DC • wins
• One Fair Wage A Fork In The Road — industry
• One Fair Wage For Illinois Tipped Workers — IL • tipped • subminimum
• One Fair Wage For Massachusetts Tipped Workers — MA • tipped • subminimum
• Opening the Door to Livable Wages (Outdoor Dining) — wages • industry
• Persistent Legacy of Slavery — racial equity • history
• Poll Testing $25 Minimum Wage in Competitive Congressional Districts — polling • federal policy
• Poll: Tipped Workers in Maine, New Hampshire, and Delaware — ME • NH • DE • polling • tipped
• Polling Shows Consistent Support for Raising the Minimum Wage — polling
• Raising the Bar: Chicago's New One Fair Wage Ordinance — IL • wins • wages
• Raising Wages to Reopen — wages • staffing
• Recent Research on Minimum Wage in Michigan — MI • wages
• Representative Sample Polling (Maine, NH, Delaware) — ME • NH • DE • polling
• Research on the Tipped Minimum Wage — tipped • subminimum
• Restaurants Can Provide Livable Wages — small business • wages
• Rising Cost of Living: Top Electoral Issues (2024) — polling
• ROC Action Results Memo — polling
• Short Changed: Ending Income Taxes On Tips Will Not Make Subminimum Wages Livable — tipped • subminimum • federal policy
• Small Business Restaurants Succeed With One Fair Wage — small business
• Small Business: California & Maryland Comparative — CA • MD • small business
• Small Business: California & New York Comparative — CA • NY • small business
• Small Business: Connecticut & California Comparative — CT • CA • small business
• Small Business: Massachusetts & California Comparative — MA • CA • small business
• Still Waiting for Equal Pay: How $2.13 Suppresses Wages — tipped • subminimum
• Stop Leaving Us Out: 73 Years Excluding Women in NY — NY • gender • history
• Take Off Your Mask So I Know How Much To Tip You — harassment • health
• Take Your Mask Off So I Know How Much to Tip You — harassment • health
• The DC Success Story — DC • wins
• The Great Black Restaurant Worker Exodus — racial equity • staffing
• The Last Major Metropolis — wages
• The Low Wage Truths of Subminimum Wage Work — subminimum
• The NRA's Donations to Members of the 118th Congress — opposition • federal policy
• The NRA's Leading Role in Weakening Child Labor Laws — opposition • industry
• The Other NRA Exposed — opposition
• The Rent is Too High, And the Pay is Too Low (LA) — CA • wages • cost of living
• The Sky Is Not Falling; The Floor Is Rising — industry • wages
• The Subminimum Wage Crisis Is An LGBTQ Worker Crisis — lgbtq • subminimum
• The Subminimum Wage for Tipped Workers as Public Health Crisis — health • tipped • subminimum
• The Tipping Point — tipped
• The Washington, DC Consumers' Guide to I-82 And Service Charges — DC • tipped • industry
• UNLIVABLE — wages • cost of living
• Upstate NY Service Workers: Health & Harassment During COVID — NY • harassment • health
• We Are Not On the Menu — harassment • gender
• We Need Relief AND Raises — wages • public benefits
• West Virginia Statewide Telephone Survey on the Minimum Wage — WV • polling
• Will Work for Fair Wages: Illinois — IL • wages