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Nine states. Nine stories. One struggle. Stories from those who work inside America’s restaurant industry. Although geographically disparate, each story told of a similar struggle - a struggle to survive on a tipped minimum federal wage that has not been raised in 26 years - a struggle to live in a system of economic oppression in which low wages act as a catalyst for other forms of hardship, such as sexual harassment, lack of paid sick leave, and racial and gender discrimination. And yet each story brought with it an underlying joy in working to bring others together over a shared meal.