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New York

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Jul 9, 2014, 10:14 AM Jul 2014

Tip workers ask NY for a raise their minimum wage

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A group of restaurant servers, bartenders and delivery drivers wants New York state to raise the $5 minimum wage for tipped workers to the full minimum wage of $8.

The coalition is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Wage Board to increase the amount the business owners pay their tipped workers.

Restaurant workers and other tip workers aren't subject to the minimum wage because their income includes gratuities. But Bronx restaurant worker Autumn Alston said Tuesday that servers and bartenders should be able to make the same minimum wage as fast food workers or others in the service industry.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tip-workers-ask-NY-for-a-raise-their-minimum-wage-5607270.php