In Delaware, the minimum wage for tipped workers has not gone up for more than 30 years.
It was $2.23/hr then and it's $2.23/hr now.
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Tipped workers used to be paid 66.67% of the minimum wage. So, as the minimum wage went up the tipped wage did too. But in 1989, our General Assembly changed the tipped wage to a flat $2.23/hour. It hasn't gone up since.
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In 2009, of states that had a tipped wage higher than the federal minimum, Delaware's tipped workers got the lowest share of state minimum wage—31%. Now that minimum wage has increased to $9.25/hr, tipped workers are doing even worse. They're making only 24% of the minimum wage.pic.twitter.com/SHJKlPfqBe
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In 30 years tipped workers have lost ground. They used to be paid 66.67% of the minimum wage. Now they're only paid 24%. But tipped workers are still required to make minimum wage when their hourly wage and hourly tips are combined.
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Because the state allowed the gap between the tipped wage and the minimum wage to grow, employers get away with contributing just 24% of a tipped workers minimum wage. Now worker's tips have to cover 76% of their minimum wage. In 1989, tips only covered 33%.
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This is how policy decisions help bosses at the expense of workers. Raise the minimum wage to $15 and end the tipped wage.
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That's like 3rd world country wages...
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