Democrats Against a Higher Minimum Wage
Tipped workers, including restaurant servers, are often paid at a special lower hourly wage, but then they earn much higher take-home pay. D.C. voters passed a ballot initiative in 2022 to raise the tipped minimum wage (then $5.35) to match the city's ordinary wage floor (now $17.95) by 2027. At this point, the tipped wage mandate has already nearly doubled to $10.
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