Women's rights advocates who support eliminating the below-minimum wage for hospitality workers temporarily turned a conference room in a government building into a restaurant, as "servers" took breakfast and drink orders from "customers."
The question "How much do I leave as a tip?" might get more complicated in Massachusetts as opposing groups duke it out over a ballot initiative that would pay the full minimum wage for tipped workers.
BOSTON — A battle over paying tipped workers the state s minimum wage got underway on Beacon Hill on Tuesday with both sides of the issue jockeying for support from lawmakers.
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Adding to an election cycle already bound to feature prominent labor-related fights, a national campaign and an influential restaurant industry group will compete for votes over how tipped workers in Massachusetts should be paid.