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Last fall, DC voters overwhelmingly voted for Initiative 82 to eliminate the unfair “tipped wage system.” Nearly 75% of DC voters backed the initiative because we know that tipped workers work hard and deserve better and more stable incomes.

Less than 6 months later, the DC Council is considering legislation backed by the restaurant lobby to undermine Initiative 82. These changes would override the timeline for implementation, reduce income for tipped workers, confuse customers, and once again subvert the will of DC voters, just like the 2018 repeal of Initiative 77.

The Fair Price Fair Wage campaign is organizing to fight these attacks on tipped workers, voters, and consumers. So far, the campaign has testified to oppose the WRAP Act, held one strategic planning retreat, created this policy statement outlining our values, and we are collecting petition signatures. 

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Our coalition of tipped professionals, grassroots organizations, policy organizations, advocates, and consumers stands firmly behind the will of DC residents and Initiative 82, which guarantees a steady wage increase for tipped professionals until their wage reaches the full minimum wage in 2027, with tips on top. The DC Council must protect the will of the voters–the same voters that elected them into office–and defend Initiative 82. 

We call on the DC Council to defend Initiative 82, which gradually raises the minimum wage for tipped workers from $5.35 an hour to the full minimum wage on July 1, 2027. This phased-in approach is common practice for minimum wage increases. Any changes to this timeline puts in danger fair wages for tipped professionals. The Council should not speed up the timeline and create an unnecessary financial cliff for restaurant operators in 2025. The voters chose a reasonable approach for workers and owners, and it should not be overturned. 

We have the opportunity to ensure workers who make tips have access to good jobs - in restaurants and beyond. Other states that have eliminated the tipped minimum for a universal wage have not created a new regulatory framework which encouraged fees. DC should not initiate a new anti-worker model that incentivizes fees and undermines tipping. 

The growing use of fees emboldens those owners who want to undermine workers. Service charges are an attempt by restaurants to hide their true revenue. Rather than use service charges, restaurants should fully reflect the cost of doing business in their sales prices. Service charges are especially confusing in a tipping environment. As noted by the DC Office of the Attorney General, many customers will assume a service charge functions as a tip on top of wages, rather than simply a source of income for owners. We oppose service charges that do not go 100% to workers on top of their base wage. 

We further oppose the attempts to roll back some of DC’s best-in-the-nation consumer protection for restaurants. 

Please stand by DC voters–protect tipped professionals and defend Initiative 82.

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