Fact: Analyzing past changes in the tipped minimum wage, the Census Bureau found that “tips per hour appear to decrease in response to higher tipped minimum wages.” Similarly, a Cornell University study also found states with higher tipped minimum wages see lower average tip percentages in restaurants. One possible explanation, supported by a study published in the Southern Economic Journal, is that a higher tipped wage forces restaurants to cut…

Fact: Analyzing past changes in the tipped minimum wage, the Census Bureau found that “tips per hour appear to decrease in response to higher tipped minimum wages.” Similarly, a Cornell University study also found states with higher tipped minimum wages see lower average tip percentages in restaurants. One possible explanation, supported by a study published in the Southern Economic Journal, is that a higher tipped wage forces restaurants to cut…

Fact: ROC has described eliminating the tip credit as the first step in “getting to no tips.” ROC founder Saru Jayaraman has variously said that “this system of tipping needs to go” and even authored an article in the New York Times titled “Why Tipping is Wrong.” More recently, a ROC spokeperson spoke critically of tipped employees who want to earn more and “[chase] the highest tips.” The…

Fact: ROC has described eliminating the tip credit as the first step in “getting to no tips.” ROC founder Saru Jayaraman has variously said that “this system of tipping needs to go” and even authored an article in the New York Times titled “Why Tipping is Wrong.” More recently, a ROC spokeperson spoke critically of tipped employees who want to earn more and “[chase] the highest tips.” The…

Fact: Tipped employees are overwhelming opposed to eliminating the tip credit. After a poorly-understood ROC-backed ballot measure to eliminate the tip credit passed in Maine, thousands of tipped employees organized to save it. They were successful in persuading a bipartisan group of legislators to support tip credit restoration. Currently in New York, an even-larger movement of tipped employees —a Facebook group has more than 20,000 members, while a change.org…

Fact: Tipped employees are overwhelming opposed to eliminating the tip credit. After a poorly-understood ROC-backed ballot measure to eliminate the tip credit passed in Maine, thousands of tipped employees organized to save it. They were successful in persuading a bipartisan group of legislators to support tip credit restoration. Currently in New York, an even-larger movement of tipped employees —a Facebook group has more than 20,000 members, while a change.org…