BPR Full Show 10/14: Raise Minimum Wage For Tipped Workers?

Boston Public Radio hosts Margery Eagan and Jim Braude.

BPR Full Show 10/14: Raise Minimum Wage For Tipped Workers?

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About The Episode

Our first debate of the week on Question 5 - the minimum wage for tipped workers -- with Alex Galimberti, founder of the organization’s Mass. chapter of One Fair Wage and former restaurant worker representing YES, and Doug Bacon, head of Red Paint Hospitality, on behalf of the Committee to Protect Tips, representing NO.

We then opened the lines to hear listener thoughts on Q5.

Charlie Sennott of the GroundTruth Project discussed the latest news from the Middle East.

Medical ethicist Art Caplan discussed Harris' medical report and Vance's high-risk pool health insurance plan.

Brooks Tingle, CEO of John Hancock, discussed life insurance and longevity ahead of the second annual John Hancock Longevity Symposium

We ended the show discussing the companionship of dogs

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Margery Eagan

Margery Eagan is the co-host of 89.7 WGBH’s midday program Boston Public Radio. She has worked with co-host Jim Braude for 18 years, first doing a TV show together at NECN then a radio show at WTKK. The duo came to WGBH in 2013.

Jim Braude

Jim Braude is the co-host of Boston Public Radio.During law school, Jim ran a small retail business in Provincetown (HUBE - Help Us Break Even!). He started his professional career as a legal services lawyer in the South Bronx handling housing and prisoners’ rights cases. He was the founder and first president of the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, a union representing staff in civil legal offices for the poor in 35 states. NOLSW helped lead the fight to preserve the national program when President Reagan proposed its abolition.

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