US EditionKeep tipping until we raise the minimum wage
UNITED STATES, JUL 11 – The federal tipped minimum wage of $2.13 has not increased in 30 years despite calls from advocacy groups and some states raising their wage floors for tipped workers.
- Policymakers and businesses have shifted the responsibility to customers to keep tipping, despite the federal tipped minimum wage remaining at $2.13 for 30 years.
- The federal tipped minimum wage has remained at $2.13 for 30 years, causing many workers to depend heavily on unpredictable tips and often earn below the standard minimum wage.
- Data from One Fair Wage shows two-thirds of tipped workers don’t earn enough to pay federal payroll taxes, and Boston bartender Red Schomburg says, “our livelihood depends on being likable.”
- Advocates call for eliminating the tipped minimum wage, highlighting DC’s wage hike which led to growth in restaurant and server jobs.
- Advocates call for eliminating the tipped minimum wage nationwide, proposing a unified wage exceeding $7.25 an hour, as eight states have already implemented this reform.
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