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Chicago became the largest U.S. city to independently phase out the subminimum wage for tipped workers on Friday, a step celebrity chef Rick Bayless said the city needed to take “for the greater good.” Bayless supported the legislation, which passed by vote of 36-10, but not without reservations. He worries it could deepen the pay disparity between well-paid front-of-house workers who will be . ....
Chicago became the largest U.S. city to independently phase out the subminimum wage for tipped workers on Friday, a step celebrity chef Rick Bayless said the city needed to take “for the greater good.” Bayless supported the legislation, which passed by vote of 36-10, but not without reservations. He worries it could deepen the pay disparity between well-paid front-of-house workers who will be . ....
Chicago on Friday became the largest American city to independently require that tipped employees make a full minimum wage, following a relatively easy City Council vote that delivered one of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s biggest political wins for his progressive agenda. In a 36-10 vote, aldermen approved the measure that advocates said was direly needed for the lowest-paid service workers and that . ....
Marking a victory for Mayor Brandon Johnson and fellow progressives on the City Council, a measure that would make Chicago the largest American city to independently abolish a subminimum wage for workers who get tips moved forward on Wednesday. Over objections from a restaurant worker who said the move could lead to a pay cut and aldermen who predicted higher menu prices, the City Council’s . ....