Essential Voices with Wilmer Valderrama

Not Even Minimum Wage

Andres Almeida is a server at a restaurant in New York, along with being a graduate student and advocate for the organization, One Fair Wage. The restaurant he works at didn’t close during the pandemic, so Andres tells us all about what it was like working during all the different stages of the past couple years, including adapting to new safety regulations, but also adapting to the attitudes of different customers. Roundtable guests: chef and host of Broken Bread, Roy Choi, and author and President of One Fair Wage, Saru Jayaraman. Learn more about One Fair Wage: <a href="https://onefairwage.site/">https://onefairwage.site/</a>  Learn more about Broken Bread: <a href="https://www.kcet.org/shows/broken-bread">https://www.kcet.org/shows/broken-bread</a><a href="https://www.kcet.org/shows/broken-bread"></a> Episode Transcript: <a href="https://app.trint.com/public/e2c0bcc1-9e1b-4ebe-9a02-a6555537000f">https://app.trint.com/public/e2c0bcc1-9e1b-4ebe-9a02-a6555537000f</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Covid-19 pandemic introduced the term “Essential Workers” for a class of people who existed before and will persist long after the virus is gone. Vital to society, but rarely heard from, this “essential” class is often hit hardest by the imbalances and injustices of our culture. In each episode, host Wilmer Valderrama will have intimate conversations with people on the frontlines of the food system, transportation, child-care and other workers who are so often overlooked. That conversation leads to a round-table discussion with activists and politically-active celebrities, discussing themes, issues and areas of needed change. The show seeks to reveal the invisible connections between all of us.