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(116,765 posts) Sat Nov 17, 2018, 06:54 AM Nov 2018

Jane Fonda Visits Newark, Calls for $15 Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers

NEWARK, NJ - Jane Fonda got higher wages for women through unscrupulous means in the 1980's comedy "9 to 5," but now she's advocating for a $15 minimum wage for tipped workers in more traditional ways.

The Academy Award-winning actor and activist spoke at Rutgers University-Newark today with advocacy groups and a state lawmaker to support a $15 minimum wage, especially for restaurant workers who make a federal minimum wage of $2.13 an hour plus tips in New Jersey.

“Being an actor, I tend to try to put myself in the situation of a person that's facing this problem, and I just don't know how more than 13 million people in the United States survives with that kind of stress,” Fonda said, later adding “some people in this country are so rich that they don't even know what to do with all their money.”

Two-thirds of tipped workers are women, a group Fonda has heavily advocated for. Nearly 90 percent of women in the restaurant industry have reported sexual harassment in the workplace, according to a nonprofit that advocates for service sector employees known as Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC) Action.

Read more: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark/articles/jane-fonda-visits-newark-calls-for-15-minimum-wage-for-tipped-workers

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Jane Fonda Visits Newark, Calls for $15 Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2018 OP

I tip because I know that the system requires it to supplement servers MichMan Nov 2018 #1

Exactly. No one expects you to tip someone making minimum wage Merlot Nov 2018 #2

I suspect many would make more $$ under the current system MichMan Nov 2018 #3

Doubtful. Every days tips depend on a lot of things Merlot Nov 2018 #4

MichMan

(13,172 posts)

1. I tip because I know that the system requires it to supplement servers

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 09:49 AM

Nov 2018

If the wages go to $15, I will likely reduce my tips substantially if not eliminate them.

I don't tip the guy at the tire store, the cashier at the grocery store or pet store, or the receptionist at my dentist. Servers will be no different

Merlot

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2. Exactly. No one expects you to tip someone making minimum wage

Reply to MichMan (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 12:33 PM

Nov 2018

Tipping is horrible. Basing someones wage on whether they are likable or attractive or willing to put up with indignities should be done away with completely. It's a left over vestige of slavery/jim crow.

MichMan

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3. I suspect many would make more $$ under the current system

Reply to Merlot (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 01:08 PM

Nov 2018

Merlot

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4. Doubtful. Every days tips depend on a lot of things

Reply to MichMan (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 17, 2018, 02:24 PM

Nov 2018

How much business the restaurant has that day, whether the host likes you (ie, seats the "good" parties at your tables), whether tips are pooled, etc. Also random events like weather or emergencies, or even holidays that would keep people home from work on the lunch hour. Which shifts you get assigned are random based on the manager of the restaurant. Some shifts pay more than others.

If you work at a lower priced cafe, your percentage based on the amount of the check will be lower. In some restaurants either patrons or untipped staff may steal tips.

So, you could make amazing money one day, no money the next. It all averages out to a chaotic income for everyone except the top servers at the top restaurants.

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