18 states use the federal tipped minimum wage of $2.13. There are 32 states and D.C. that have a tipped minimum wage above the federal tipped minimum wage of $2.13.
Tipped workers are paid the regular minimum wage in 8 states (i.e., there is no tipped minimum wage).
There are 24 states and D.C. that have a tipped minimum between the federal $2.13 and the regular state minimum wage.
Economic Policy Insitute – Tipped Wage Tracker
Because of preemption of minimum wage in 2003. Cities in Texas are denied the ability to determine their own wages.
We believe there should be other means to helping poor and middle class families living in the city of Houston.
Solutions:
- Make the republicans in the Texas legislature look ridiculous by tying the current tipped wage of $2.13 to inflation. This roughly comes out to a 5 cent raise every year
- $4 tipped wage indexed to inflation
- $15 tipped wage similar to seattle and british columbia
- Pass a Paid Sick Leave law similar to 5 other states and 40 cities
- Amend the Texas constitution and let cities set tipped wage
- Create a State EITC
Texas Constitution
Code – Labor
Chapter – 62 Minimum Wage
Section – 62.0515 Application of Minimum Wage to Certain Government Entities; Certain Agreements with Governmental Entities
Tufts University – Are Gratuities Undemocratic? American Diners Used to Think So.
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/LA/htm/LA.62.htm
BLS – Unemployment Rates for States
DOL – Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees
Joe’s Crab Shack Gets Rid of Tipping for Employees
The Long, Uphill Fight to End Restaurant Tipping
Nebraska Legislative bill looks to raise tip wages
Lawmakers considering minimum wage hike that will affect tipping
New York Tipped workers to ring in the New Year with a raise
Hillary Calls For Raise In ‘Tipped’ Minimum Wage, Despite History Of Stiffing Service Workers
NPR – After 23 Years, Your Waiter Is Ready For A Raise
NPR – Danny Meyer To Banish Tipping And Raise Prices At His N.Y. Restaurants
Buzz Feed – A Group Of Restaurant Owners Say The Time Has Come To End Tipping
New York Times – Tips and Poverty
New York Times – An Outspoken Force to Give Food Workers a Seat at the Table
Ford Foundation – American tipping is rooted in slavery—and it still hurts workers today
LA Weekly – Another Step in the March Toward a No-Tipping America
Sun Sentinel – Some South Florida restaurants eliminate tipping
DCist – Washington DC Mayor: Minimum Wage Law Includes Tipped Workers, But At A Lower Wage
D.C. Mayor Fleshes Out Minimum Wage Plan, Including Boost For Tipped Workers
Bloomberg – Tipped Workers Want In on Push for Higher Minimum Wage
Des Moines Register – Minimum wage hike may hinge on tipped workers
Bangor Daily News – These Maine workers would benefit most from a higher minimum wage
Eater – New York’s Proposed Overtime Overhaul Would Give Restaurant Workers Hefty Raises
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