Sadly, it’s not just Republican lawmakers who overturn the will of the voters to keep workers underpaid and vulnerable. The Washington, D.C., mayor and council seem to be going out of their way to show that both sides do it. D.C. voters passed Initiative 77, a measure gradually raising the tipped worker minimum wage to the …
Instacart is messing with workers’ tips, again. The company’s workers are so fed up hundreds of them are out on strike this week. Instacart—a gig economy company for same-day grocery delivery—has had problems with tipping date back to 2016. At that time, Instacart removed tipping from the app, before being shamed into reinstating a tipping policy the next month. …
“The Algorithm Made Us Do It”: How Bosses at Instacart “Mathwash” Labor Exploitation Read More »
Delivery app DoorDash decided to change its ways after getting some very bad publicity this week around its policy of taking tips that customers thought were going to workers. The way the policy went, “dashers” got a set rate for a given delivery, and if that rate was $6 and a customer tipped $4, well, the dasher still …
DoorDash changes its tip-stealing policy after outcry, this week in the war on workers Read More »
There’s a lot more going on in this election than the presidential race between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump. Borne out of the dedication and hard work of activists, ballot initiatives give citizens the opportunity to vote directly on legislation and constitutional amendments at the state and local level, sometimes even …
Minimum Wage Increases On the Ballot In Four States Read More »
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is no friend to labor, but this week his policies helped one of the most vulnerable segments of workers. On February 24, Commissioner of Labor Mario Musolino announced he would be following the earlier recommendation from the Wage Board to increase the minimum wage for tipped workers 50 percent …
Good News for New York’s Tipped Workers: Your Minimum Wage is Going Up Read More »
Tipped workers in New York state have won a major victory, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state’s Hospitality Wage Board announce that their minimum wage, which had been frozen at $5 an hour, will be increased to $7.50 an hour starting December 31. This order follows years of protest and campaigning by low-wage workers …
Tipped Workers Score A Victory In New York In Fight For Better Pay Read More »
The basic facts of the tipped worker minimum wage are appalling: It’s $2.13 an hour, and has been since 1991, because whenever the minimum wage is raised, the restaurant industry launches a massive lobbying effort to keep tipped workers from being included. The median wage for tipped workers is $8 an hour, and one in five …
$2.13 Often Means Zero-Dollar Paychecks for Tipped Workers Read More »
Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.
