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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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1. What I especially like in that article

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2014, 01:01 PM

May 2014

Approval from restaurant owners is especially noteworthy given the deal’s provisions for tipped workers. Tips can only be counted toward worker minimum pay for the next five years. After that, the separate minimum hourly pay rates for tipped and non-tipped workers will disappear, and all employees citywide will have to be paid $15 hourly or more.

which I know you didn't add to keep with fair use, but it's a major victory for people who've been screwed even more than most over the years.

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Seattle Announces $15 Minimum Wage, Highest In The U.S. [View all] MindMover May 2014 OP

What I especially like in that article Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #1

And that's in WA where the base rate for tipped workers is still the normal minimum wage. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #2

In most states it's $2.13 obxhead May 2014 #8

Yeah, it's miserable, I imagine. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #12

Politifact calls out the right wing BS that minimum wage loses jobs for tipped workers as CRAP! cascadiance May 2014 #14

This will act as a petri dish for the rest of America . After a year it will be interesting to look geretogo May 2014 #3

K&R n/t Joe Shlabotnik May 2014 #4

Reality check... Johnyawl May 2014 #5

It is a hell of a lot better than a sharp stick in the eye and ... MindMover May 2014 #6

It says "less than 500 emp. have 5 yrs, over 500 have 3 yrs" 7962 May 2014 #7

And they left out the pony! Dammit! nolabear May 2014 #9

In light of this marions ghost May 2014 #16

Oh, that's the Anarchists. They do this every May Day. nolabear May 2014 #17

Of course they didn't mention the minimum wage. That's beneath their *lofty* goals. n/t freshwest May 2014 #20

May Day. International Workers' Day. Anarchists who didn't care about the wage hike had their fun: freshwest May 2014 #21

I want to ask opinions on this, too: freshwest May 2014 #22

How does the "more than 500 employees nationwide" work for franchises? jmowreader May 2014 #10

AWESOME! NC_Nurse May 2014 #11

Will be interesting to see if standards of living actually improve WestSeattle2 May 2014 #13

Yeah some marions ghost May 2014 #18

I hope they take lots of convention business away from really "red" states. nt kelliekat44 May 2014 #15

That's really great but: gopiscrap May 2014 #19