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lavendergrowing101 t1_j64n091 wrote

Reply to comment by Proof-Variation7005 in Everyone is asking for a tip these days by leavingthecold

>I'd also probably considering businessees linked to the RI Hospitality association, many of whom are business owners. They've actively fought against this.

Yup, anything with reforming tipping, the Hospitality Association and chamber of commerce fight it tooth and nail. They want customers to pay their workers wages. Don't get mad at workers for needing tips to survive, get mad at these bosses who don't want to pay fair wages.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j64oan6 wrote

For clarity, I don't support eliminating tipping or the tipped minimum wage. I think the solution is you make the tipped minimum wage not be total garbage.

I know $15/hr is not the ideal benchmark anymore, but if that is the regular minimum wage, the tipped one should be closer to $7-10 or something. If it's high enough where it makes more people not tip or tip less, you'll have a scenario where service-industry staff work more hours for less money.

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