New Research (See All)
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The Case for the Tip Credit: From Workers, Employers, and Research
February 10, 2021
The tipping system provides substantial earning opportunities for workers across many industries, especially restaurant servers and bartenders – well beyond the current minimum wage, and even beyond the proposed $15 minimum wage. Saving the tip credit is a worker-organized, bipartisan issue. Thousands of tipped workers across the country have pushed to save the tip credit, against the infringement of outside… -
Tipped Workers, Minimum Wage Workers, and Poverty: Analyzing the Redistributive Impact of Eliminating Tip Credits
February 10, 2021
Key takeaway: According to a new study by economists from the University of California, Irvine, tipped workers are significantly less likely to be poor than are standard minimum wage earners. Tipped workers, many of whom are in the food and beverage service industry, have lower statutory minimum wages than other workers (under federal and most state laws). However, the lower… -
The National Impact of a $15 Minimum Wage: Over 2 Million Jobs Lost
January 26, 2021
President Biden and recent legislation have proposed more than doubling the federal minimum wage to $15, and raising the separate federal tipped minimum wage by as much as 600 percent. Rather than providing relief from the pandemic, the best economic evidence shows this proposal would worsen its consequences. This analysis is based on a 2019 methodology developed by the nonpartisan…
Published Op-Eds (See All)
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Lorena Gonzalez once again puts union power ahead of workers
May 16, 2021 • Orange County Register
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Ending the tip credit brings pay cuts, not raises
March 11, 2021 • Washington Examiner
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Biden Destroys Restaurants to Save Them
January 19, 2021 • Wall Street Journal
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Biden Ignores Evidence on Impact of $15 Minimum Wage
November 2, 2020 • Morning Consult
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Opinion: $15 minimum wage would ruin economic recovery
October 21, 2020 • The Detroit News
Press Releases (See All)
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Full-Page Ads Thank Delaware’s Senators for Standing with Tipped Workers
April 21, 2021
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Full-Page Ads in Portland, Bangor Newspapers Thank Maine’s Senators for Standing with Tipped Workers
April 7, 2021
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New Study: Tipped Workers Nearly 40 Percent Less Likely to be Poor than Minimum Wage Earners
February 10, 2021
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New Analysis: Democrats’ $15 Minimum Wage Plan is a $100-Billion New Mandate for Hard-Hit Employers
January 26, 2021
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LAUNCHING: Website Documents Widespread Support for DOL Rule on Independent Contractors
January 6, 2021