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GOP measure would amend Az Constitution so restaurants can pay servers less than minimum wage (www.tucsonsentinel.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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  A Republican measure - backed by restaurant owners and other business groups - would ask voters to amend the Arizona Constitution and let Arizona businesses pay employees who work for tips 25% less than the minimum wage.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

The party of profits before people.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's like these guys don't want to get re-elected...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Worse: they know they will be because this is a team sport.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Hmm seems like we need to get together and propose our own amendment forcing minimum wage regardless of tip status. Remove the current loophole, not make it larger.

Here in AZ citizens can propose their own legislation directly. And by design, it is extremely difficult, nearly impossible realistically, for the legislature to modify it after the fact. It's purpose is so we can bypass a legislature refusing to do the will of the people on a specific topic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Question from a non-US resident not in the service industry: for tax purposes, are tips treated as revenue for the company, or as direct gifts to the employee? Surely if it counts towards wages, it is revenue?