Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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According to the proposal, the subminimum wage would be phased out over a two-year period and would require that service charges, such as tips, go to employees, not employers. It would also require that tips bring workers to the full minimum wage on a per shift basis, instead of weekly or biweekly. Employers who violated the provisions would be fined up to $1,500 per day for each violation. The governor’s office would not publicly say whether Gov. JB Pritzker supports the plan.
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None of these chuckleheads are capable of doing basic math (CPS grads probably) or following the inevitable toppling of dominoes. Tipped workers go to fixed $15/hr. Already fixed workers go $15 to $18, $18 to $20, and so on. Owner has to raise prices to keep up. The relative buying power of the ppl at the bottom has not changed. The wealthy don’t care bc it’s such a fraction of their wealth. But those if us in the middle are screwed. My salary doesn’t increase, but my sub sammy with cheese fries from Bob-o-Rino’s now costs 25% more.
It’s all about the money. Everyone is caught up in its more equal and better for the worker. That’s a bunch of BS. It’s all about taxes. In many cases, I know some will be surprised, those tips do not, wait -show up on a tax return. OMG! Imagine that. Someone trying not to pay taxes, but if we raise the wage and make everything W2 then guess what … increased income tax revenue, SS taxes and Medicare Taxes. Well maybe if all those workers keep their jobs. It is just another way the Communists are stealing money from businesses.… Read more »
This is not about better pay for restaurant workers. When I was young I worked at a few restaurants. Why a few? Because you could always find a job where the tips were better. Do you think a server at a high end restaurant wants to give up tips for a fixed wage?
This is nothing more than the initial stages of unionizing all restaurant workers. How good do you think your service will be when the server knows the union has his back.
The $1,500 a day violation is great work for lawyers, and a great way to small restaurants out of business.
Many will no longer tip, or they will tip far less. Hope they know being a salaried worked kind of sucks.