Critics of the 2016 base-pay raise are making the same specious claims they offered then.
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After success in getting tip credit restored in Maine, it’s time to go national
Our new nonprofit plans to defend the server wages now under attack by a group looking to redesign the economics of the restaurant industry across the country.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
LePage signs tip credit restoration bill
The measure allows tipped employees to be paid half the state minimum wage.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Pragmatists are getting things done in Augusta
Maine Democrats win a public fight with their own left wing over the minimum-wage tip credit.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Minimum-wage hike as godsend: $30 more per week changes my life
Facing nine bills that could tamper with the wage increase, the Maine Legislature must honor what voters embraced in passing the Question 4 referendum.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Governor’s minimum wage bill proposes slower increase and $11 cap
Business and union interests square off over the latest attempt to change the ballot measure passed in November.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Legislative panel sides with restaurant owners, workers in backing revival of ‘tip credit’
They hope the full Legislature agrees and kills the tip credit phase-out approved by voters as part of the minimum wage referendum.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine lawmakers should study tipped wage, not cut it
It would be premature to change the state’s new minimum-wage law before seeing if it works.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Dozens of restaurant servers weigh in on both sides of ‘tip credit’ issue
Most tell lawmakers they fear losing a livable income if the practice is phased out as planned, but others want to stay the course so their minimum wage rises to $12 by 2024.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s minimum-wage hike is a law, not a suggestion
Gov. LePage is acting more like a king than like a leader of a democratically elected government.