Commentary: Getting rid of tipped wages in Illinois would be the final blow to many restaurants – Chicago Sun-Times

Niles mayor and restaurant owner George D. Alpogianis: "If legislators force restaurateurs to increase their payroll for tipped employees to the full minimum wage, it will upend this system with an unaffordable cost. The ripple effects in my restaurant alone would reach an estimated $300,000 a year at just at one of my restaurants."
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Ataraxis
2 years ago
mqyl
2 years ago
Reply to  Ataraxis

I could see Zoom cashiers showing up in some IL restaurants, but the IL public unions and pols will likely prevent it from happening. After all, the IL unionized cashiers aren’t making as much as graduate engineers yet, but give it time. With some of these woke socialists, if lower-paid categories of workers don’t earn as much as other workers, it has to be only because of lack of equity or opportunity.

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