Why some restaurant workers want minimum wage hike proposal to fail
A ballot proposal advocating for a minimum wage increase for all Michigan employees has some in the restaurant industry concerned for their livelihoods.
Servers and bartenders from throughout the state gathered at Lansing Brewing Company in Lansing Tuesday to advocate against the One Fair Wage ballot initiative currently being circulated for petition signatures.
The ballot proposal needs 252,523 valid signatures from voters to appear on the ballot and would raise the minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2022. In addition, the minimum wage for tipped workers like waiters would rise until it was also $12 per hour by 2024.
Michigan last crafted a plan to raise its minimum wage in 2014, implementing a series of gradual increases ending at $9.25 for hourly workers and $3.52 for tipped workers in 2018.
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