In policy proposals posted to her website, Harris called for an increase in the overall minimum wage and for the end of the subminimum wage for tipped workers.

  • magnetosphere
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    412 months ago

    Cue countless restaurant owners whining and trying to seriously complain that they can’t “compete” without underpaying their employees.

    • @spongebue
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      62 months ago

      “I couldn’t possibly compete with other businesses who would also be required to do the same thing in the same way that I would! It just wouldn’t be fair!”

      • @Cryophilia
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        12 months ago

        Blatantly ignoring allllll the restaurants in California, where everyone gets minimum wage and tips are on top of that

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months ago

      There’s a long tail of servers/bartenders who are against this as well because they work at expensive establishments and make bank off tips. Like high double digits an hour.

      If the push to convert tips into wages ever becomes serious, conservative media will do its best to platform and promote these servers who stand to lose income off it. We gotta think of a rhetoric/messaging strategy to counter that.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 months ago

        They’ll still get tips, they’ll just get a higher base pay as well. Why would they be against that?

        • @Cryophilia
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          22 months ago

          Propaganda and disinformation. It worked for Door Dash.