There’s been a lot of discussion over the years about raising the minimum wage in this country. However, there is also a number of workers who don’t eve make the minimum wage, but paid a sub-minimum wage, such as tip workers. Richard Eskow, host of The Zero Hour, is joined by Ben Spielberg from the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities to talk about raising the minimum wage.

Richard Eskow is host and managing editor of The Zero Hour, a weekly radio program produced by We Act Radio. He was the senior writer and editor for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign. Richard has written for a number of print and online publications, was a founding contributor to the Huffington Post, and is a longtime activist. He is also a Senior Fellow with the Campaign for America’s Future.