U.S. Rep. Nannette Barragan takes a customer’s order at Los Tres Cochinitos in Wilmington Aug. 21 as a show of support for the living wage movement.

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Wave Staff Report WILMINGTON — U.S. Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-Carson, put on an apron and waited tables at a restaurant here Aug. 21, demonstrating solidarity with tipped restaurant workers. Barragán worked a one-hour shift at Los Tres Cochinitos to shine a spotlight on the need for real solutions to the affordability crisis and underscore the growing movement for living wages in Los Angeles. According to the group One Fair Wage, a single worker in Los Angeles without children must earn nearly $28 an hour to cover rent, transportation and food. Yet the current minimum wage in the city is just $17.28 an hour, far below what it t

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