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Bartender's 70-Hour Workweek Pays $9.28
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Aaliyah Cortez, a bartender in Texas,
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has taken to TikTok to raise awareness
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about the service industry’s practice of paying low wages
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and the importance of tipping.
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In a video that has since gone viral,
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Cortez shows viewers her paycheck,
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which reveals that she worked 70 hours and earned only $9.28 after taxes.
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Cortez stresses the importance of tipping,
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as many service industry employees earn as little as $2.13 an hour
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and rely on tips to make ends meet.
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Despite some comments suggesting that service industry workers receive plenty of tips,
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Cortez points out that not all customers are generous, and that the system needs to change.
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Cortez’s video has garnered more than 99,000 likes and 3,058 comments,
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and has prompted a conversation about the low wages that many service industry workers receive.
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Cortez hopes that her video will raise awareness and encourage change.