Best Of BPR 10/14: Ballot Question 5 Debate - Tipped Wages
- Author
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Published
- Mon 14 Oct 2024
- Episode Link
- https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_154_3f1ae986-5ef1-48ff-b2e5-b04bd3da919a&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wgbh.org%2F154%2Ffeed-rss.xml
Today on the podcast:
BPR hosts its first of five ballot question debates, starting with Question 5 - to eliminate the tipped minimum wage, and bring tipped workers up to the state minimum wage, currently $15 an hour.
Alex Galimberti, organizer for One Fair Wage Massachusetts and a former restaurant worker, argues in favor of eliminating the tipped wage. Opposite Alex, is Doug Bacon, local restaurateur aligned with the Committee to Protect Tips, against changing the tipped wage model.
