Mayor Brandon Johnson Vows to Veto Legislation Freezing Wage Increases for Tipped Workers

Mayor Brandon Johnson Threatens to Veto Ordinance That Would Protect Thousands of Jobs and Restaurants Across Chicago

Coalition of Tipped Workers, Service Operators, Local Businesses and the Illinois Restaurant Association Applaud City Council for Supporting Tip Credit Freeze

City Council freezes pay for tipped workers at 76% of minimum wage to help struggling restaurants – Chicago Sun-Times

“There is like a real disconnect going on in City Council now. It’s like an alt-universe... The entire world is calling for affordability and raising wages, and this City Council just took raises away from Black and Brown women," the mayor said after the vote.

Mayor Brandon Johnson vows to veto legislation freezing wage increases for tipped workers

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday pledged to veto an ordinance approved by the City Council to halt the phase-out of Chicago's subminimum wage for tipped workers, calling the proposal "shameful."

City Council freezes pay for tipped workers at 76% of minimum wage to help struggling restaurants

The move sets the stage for Mayor Brandon Johnson's third veto of his first term. Johnson said this week it would be “not only tone deaf, but irresponsible” for the City Council to stop what was supposed to be a five-year phase-out of the subminimum wage for tipped workers.

City Council Freezes Tipped Wage Increase, But Mayor Says He'll Veto

Alderpeople in 2023 approved a gradual phase-out of the so-called subminimum wage for tipped workers by 2028. But pushback from restaurant owners led the City Council to halt future increases.

City Council Reverses Vote to End Tipped Minimum Wage; Mayor Johnson Says He’ll Veto It

“I will not abandon phasing out the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers at a time when Trump’s wars and tariffs are making it increasingly difficult to live and raise a family throughout the city and country,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a statement.