https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1359433096643371008

And yeah, $15 is still too low. 4 years is still too long. But there are still 18M people who make less than $10 an hour and increase the wealth of people at the poverty line by like $20B. Not gonna complain too much on this one.

  • mikek [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Restaurants should pay the full minimum wage and do away with tipping

    • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Absolutely not wtf

      Working as a bartender or as wait staff is legitimately like the only way for someone who doesn't have a full college education, in a field that is hiring, to make a decent living.

      If we want to raise the minimum wage to like $25-30 an hour, then yes, but till then all this would do is send a shit ton of people below the poverty line.

      • spectre [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah, abolish the "tipped wage" but tipping needs to be abolished as a social practice down the line (it sucks) rather than legislated clumsily

        • Bedandsofa [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          We also literally need socialism for the vast majority of working class people to have a comfortable life. Otherwise it’s just figuring out how to best divide the table scraps.

    • spectre [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I don't particularly disagree, but that would lower wages for many service workers so ideally we would work around that.

      I'm many states workers make the full minimum wage plus tips which works out for the better at least

      • fuckwit [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        What about backend workers like dishwashers, sorters, cooks, chefs, preppers? Are we less important than the servers?

        • The_word_of_dog [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          No, you need a higher wage but backend don't get paid the tipped wage so I'm not sure what your point is. Or at least you shouldn't be.

        • spectre [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          No need for loaded questions like that, I'm not sure what kind of point you're making anyway.....