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kleinbl00  ·  3233 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Roberto A. Ferdman: ... tipping

For starters, it's the Washington Post and yes, this is one of Bezos' pet projects. But the gist of the article is not "abolish tipping" it's "when restaurant workers' wages are determined by gratuity, chauvinism and racism set the rates lower for women and minorities and foster sexual harassment and abuse." Further, the argument being made is not "abolish tipping" it's "abolish the $2.13 federal minimum wage that applies only to restaurant workers and replace it with the regular minimum wage everyone else makes" and "Every study you look at indicates this isn't a problem in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Alaska, Minnesota and Montana where states mandate the regular minimum wage for all employees."