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Slaves to Tips: How BC Laws Fuel Sexism on the Job

Slaves to Tips: How BC Laws Fuel Sexism on the Job
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Reporter Rachel Sanders interviews many women who face sexual harassment in their jobs serving food and drink, and finds B.C. cuts to server minimum wages and slashed enforcement have made the situation worse.

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Inside BC’s Sexist Restaurant Industry

Inside BC’s Sexist Restaurant Industry

Steadily slipping ‘server’ minimum wage fuels harassment on job: researcher. Part one of three.

Rachel Sanders / 7 Feb 2017


Slaps, Gropes and Comments ‘Non-stop’

Slaps, Gropes and Comments ‘Non-stop’

Forced to be ‘sexy’ at work, servers reveal the toll on body and soul. Second in a series.

Rachel Sanders / 8 Feb 2017


Sexism off the Menu: Seven Ways to Protect Servers from Abuse

Sexism off the Menu: Seven Ways to Protect Servers from Abuse

End slavery to tips. Empower bartenders. Put teeth in workplace laws. And more ideas. Last in a series.

Rachel Sanders / 9 Feb 2017