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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
Co-Founder/Prez of RWA, Common Sense Democrat, #savethetipcredit #saveourindustry #saveourjobs #serverlife #bartenderlife #86ROC vamo.
Portland, MErestaurantworkersofamerica.orgJoined November 2017
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
She only makes the claim to garner more supporters from “similarly aligned” organizations. She’s never cared about workers. She promotes Service Charges, which belong to the house not the workers. She’s a liar.
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Phil Magness
@PhilWMagness
Digging into this bizarre ahistorical claim tipping your waiter emerged from the aftermath of slavery. There are several "fact checks" out there deeming it "true" but all are light on evidence, and rely heavily on Saru Jayaraman - a minimum wage activist. onefairwage.site/profile/saru
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
“Interesting”? How about moronic. In this thread
@BrianneKNadeau
attempts to claim the consumers, like those in the service industry who use
@Uber
for work transport won’t be the ones footing the bill. Nadeau never cared about restaurant worker though, she supported i82.
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Martin Austermuhle
@maustermuhle
Interesting: As part of her proposed changes to the 2024 budget, @BrianneKNadeau wants D.C. to institute a $2 congestion charge on Uber/Lyft coming in/out of downtown from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. It would raise $45 million over 4 years, and help pay for the fare-free Metrobus plan.
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
“A new survey shows 70% of local restaurants intend to use surcharges to counter the loss of the tip credit. About 150 places have already taken the plunge.” Service Charges belong to the house, not workers. Tip credit elimination hurts workers!
restaurantbusinessonline.com
Service fees are about to go big time in Washington, D.C.
A new survey shows 70% of local restaurants intend to use surcharges to counter the loss of the tip credit. About 150 places have already
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
The only R that can beat Biden in ‘24 is
@SenatorTimScott
. If the
@GOP
is smart enough to nominate Sen Scott they win, maybe narrowly. Anyone else and the 80yo Democrat wins easily. Biden’s done some great work, but we Dems have no biz nominating an 80yo for President.
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
When labor and politics turn a blind eye,
@JulieSuCA
is nominated. Send 31 BILLION dollars to fraudulent accounts while overseeing the largest State Labor Department, and get nominated to the highest National Labor Office. #letICshustle #savethetipwage #VoteSuDown
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Senator Mitt Romney
@SenatorRomney
Julie Su not only lacks the experience and competency to serve as Secretary of Labor, but she carries a record of gross mismanagement of taxpayer dollars. Under her watch, California sent out $31 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits! Her nomination makes no sense at all.
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
Another piece about
@JulieSuCA
being an abomination of a nomination for Secretary of Labor. I’m hopeful that Senators like mine,
@SenAngusKing
, will let common sense and pragmatism prevail and vote against her nomination. From AB5 to tip wage, she’s an enemy of workers.
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City Journal
@CityJournal
Kerry Jackson: "As a supporter and an 'aggressive enforcer' of California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), which virtually outlawed gig or independent contract work in the state, Labor secretary nominee Julie Su has been an opponent of worker freedom." cityjourn.al/3ofZSBd
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
When we were fighting question D in Portland we warned that if the tip wage is eliminated service charges will become the norm. DC is proving our point. Service charges take money out of worker hands & gives it to owners. Tip Credit elimination hurts workers. Period.
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Jessica Sidman
@jsidman
Restaurant service fees can be confusing! Where's the money going? Why don't restaurants just raise prices? Why is there a service fee for takeout? Should I still tip? ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED HERE: washingtonian.com/2023/04/12/the
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
The Archdiocese was complicit and aided in the cover up. And as the saying were: The fish stinks from the head. The Popes were also complicit and essentially aided and abetted child predators.
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Sherrilyn Ifill
@SIfill_
For folks seeming not to understand what the rule of law is, it is the opposite of this.Prosecutors, police, church counsel, media,& the highest leaders in the Baltimore Catholic Church complicit in ensuring that pedophile priests never faced prosecution. baltimoresun.com/maryland/bs-md
Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
So happy to have partnered with
@ServiceSimone
on this piece about how disastrous
@JulieSuCA
would be as a Labor Sec. Here’s hoping common sense Dems will vote against her nomination.
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Simone Barron
@ServiceSimone
It's not only independent contractors who will be devastated by the appointment of @JulieSuCA to the DOL, tipped workers nationwide will be impacted. Reclassification of service industry workers is just a backdoor attempt at killing tipping.pressherald.com/2023/04/10/com
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
“Su’s damaging policies will introduce thousands of tipped workers to the transformative power of losing their jobs. Su is a vocal advocate of permanently eliminating the tip credit” I’m hope that
@SenAngusKing
will support workers, and vote no on her nom.
pressherald.com
Commentary: Nominee to head federal Department of Labor has it wrong on tipping - Portland Press...
California official Julie Su believes tipping culture to be abusive and oppressive. We strenuously disagree.
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
Yesterday was the 7 year anniversary of the marathon public hearing on Tip Credit Reinstatement in Maine. 7 years later & I am still standing up and speaking out for my industry brethren. This fight isn’t for the weary, but the people I fight for always have my back.
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
Claaaaaasic DSA: We need more housing. More housing! DC: Ok cool, here’s a shit ton of new housing. DSA: Not like that.
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Martin Austermuhle
@maustermuhle
Downtown D.C. is struggling, and @MayorBowser is proposing a dramatic increase in tax breaks for owners of office buildings who convert them to housing. But some lawmakers and activists say its a giveaway to developers: dcist.com/story/23/04/05
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
The reality is
@JulieSuCA
’s nomination is a slap in the face to tipped workers across the country. She sided with One Flat Wage and co-opted their insanely offensive language. I’m hopeful that common sense Senators will oppose her nomination. #86Su
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
How is this not all over every channel, every publication, everywhere?! An exec at the
@SanJosePD
Union has been charged with smuggling fentanyl from foreign countries for years! Do we have any guess how many families she has ruined? How is she not charged with manslaughter?
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Kris Sanchez
@KrisNBC
EXCLUSIVE: “She was the grandma of the #SJPOA.” The president @ProtectSanJose, the @SanJosePD union, gave me his first interview after finding out that the POA’s 64yo office manager #JoanneSegovia faces federal drug trafficking charges. Full story at 11am on @nbcbayarea
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
The author of i82 showing his policy hurt workers. In the 7 One Flat Wage states SCs are insanely common. Oh & CA has the lowest tip percentage in the country. Proponents of One Flat Wage push policy that takes money out of server hands and gives it to ownership.
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Ryan O'Leary
@Rybread2640
Replying to @mortimusprime11 @waltersbardc and 10 others
That's weird because: 1) It doesn't go into effect for 5 years 2) The other 7 states with this in place tip better than we do. 3) Service charges aren't common in any of them.
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
Wow, between banning
@tiktok_us
and nominating
@JulieSuCA
, Biden is really trying to lose restaurant worker votes. Folks like Su who push One Flat Wage know that Service Charges are an automatic shift for restaurants. Taking tips out of worker hands and giving it to owners.
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
Imfuckingpressive. I’m also impressed that anyone who is so pro #45 can see through the bullshit in general.
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Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson
Sen. JD Vance UNLOADS on Regime for IGNORING suffering people of East Palestine 🔥🔥🔥 "Are we for big business and big government or are we for the people of East Palestine? It's a time for choosing."
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
Ryan O’Leary’s alt account has me on his block list. I wear it as a badge of honor. Happy just to be nominated really 💅🏼
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NoHomophobia 🆓
@No_Homophobia
Replying to @HeyMandoKay
Who has the trashies nominees super list? Keeping track of who to block manually is very 1990s inefficient.
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Joshua Chaisson
@MrTipCredit
Happy I made the trip to MD for the tip credit bill. Saru and her ilk, who often don’t work in the restaurant industry are here. The room is full of tip credit supporters, with 8 of these disrespectful hats in the front row. #OneFairWage lies.
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