I would like to offer another perspective to Sally Greenberg’s recent Guest Comment. In D.C., the tipped wage plays an important role for restaurants and restaurant workers in ensuring that tipped restaurant employees earn far beyond minimum wage.
This model is once again in jeopardy as Initiative 82 comes before voters in November. When the D.C. Council reversed a similar initiative to eliminate the tipped wage a couple of years ago, they were responding to the definitive outcry and compelling…
