Labor Advocates Say It’s Time to Tip The Scales and Pay Minimum Wage to All Workers
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1984isnowpleb t1_j6p6zu7 wrote
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When i bartended I was making upwards of $40hr most the time. My hourly pay just went to taxes and my check was void net zero. You’ll be paying $35 for a burger and $15 more to add fries to pay a living wage most servers and bartenders are used to. Not sure why people think the restaurant is just stuffing away money. Successful restaurants operate on razor thing margins of less than 5%. If they end up paying servers a flat min wage there will be no staff to work. If they up the pay to something they are more used to $25+ an hour. Prices to eat out will rival a whole grocery haul.
x6tance t1_j6pgv67 wrote
Interesting...when I travel to developed countries outside of the US and Canada, I never paid $35 for burgers and $15 for fries. The US must be real shit if customers have to subsidize the wages of workers.
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