Female Restaurant Workers Face Harsh Working Conditions

Female waitresses or servers making money though tips outnumber male waiters or servers by a 2-to-1 ratio.  Tipped workers have a fixed minimum wage of $2.13/hour with the rest supposedly coming though tips.  Employers are supposed to make sure they get the minimum wage of $7.25/hour when they do not get enough tips, but too often fail to do so.  The workforce percentage of women in the restaurant industry is 52%, which means men are guaranteed more stable wages.  It also gives them higher pay at $25,000 annually versus $17,000 for women. 

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/19/1064413/-Restaurant-industry-screws-women-while-2-13-tipped-worker-minimum-wage-makes-it-worse?detail=hide&via=blog_1

Women's Unemployment Not Improving (for 12/2/11)

What started out as a recession that slammed men at first is now hurting women more. Men are the ones experiencing the bulk of the gains created by the slow economic recovery, as unemployment for men was at 8.3% in November. At the start of the recovery in June 2009, it was 9.9% for men. For women, it has been stagnant since then. Part of the problem maybe due to Congressional failure to pass bills funding Federal Government jobs.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/02/many-baby-boom-women-going-bust-in-recovery_n_1126244.html?ref=unemployment