We are urging voters in the District of Columbia to vote NO on Initiative 82 on Tuesday, November 8.
11/08/2022
Election day is here! đź—ł
Get to your local polling location and vote !
This is your chance to stand with DC's tipped employees and protect our vibrant restaurant industry!
https://dcboe.org/Voters/Where-to-Vote/Find-Out-Where-to-Vote
11/07/2022
If passed, will significantly reduce the earning potential for tipped employees in our city. Restaurants would face major increases in labor costs and be forced to eliminate positions.
The employees who will be directly impacted are asking you to vote .
11/06/2022
TODAY is the last day of early voting! đź—ł If you can't get to your polling location today, get ready to vote in person on November 8.
Tipped employees are asking you to vote . https://dcboe.org/Voters/Where-to-Vote/Find-Out-Where-to-Vote
11/06/2022
Stand with the D.C. restaurant industry and vote !
Talk to your neighborhood server and bartenders in the final days of this campaign and listen to how will directly impact their earning potential.
11/05/2022
Tipped employees oppose !
Listen to the restaurant industry and vote !
11/05/2022
would take away any extra earning opportunity for DC tipped employees already making well above DC’s minimum wage.
Read more about why Coleman, a former server, is voting ⬇️
Initiative 82 will cause harm. I was disappointed to see that Riley Goodfellow’s September 15th editorial “It’s Time to Do Away With Tipped Wages This November” in the GW Hatchet omitted a number of key facts in the debate surrounding Initiative 82. V...
11/05/2022
TOMORROW is the last day of early voting!đź—ł Make a plan to vote tomorrow or get ready to vote in person on November 8.
Tipped employees are asking you to vote .
11/04/2022
"There is nothing in the legislation that would guarantee that diners would continue to tip 20% as they see menu prices increase, staff decrease, & service charges get added to their bills."
Liz is a longtime DC tipped employee. Read more about why she's against ⬇️
As a DC tipped employee, I’ll be voting no against Initiative 82 I have worked in the restaurant industry for years, and I fully oppose ballot initiative 82. This ill-conceived attempt by national outside interest groups to upend our current system for tipping will limit my earning po...
11/04/2022
An elimination of tipped wage through would place high-paying job opportunities for restaurant workers in jeopardy.
Read more from the executive vice president of Glory Days Grill ⬇️
Viewpoint: Tipped wages, Initiative 82 key to restaurant staff's economic success - Washington Business Journal Tipped wages for workers is once again in jeopardy as Initiative 82 comes before voters in November. One D.C.-area restaurateur talks about the benefits of the system.
11/03/2022
"Voters who are on the fence about : talk to the servers, talk to the people who work at your favorite restaurant, talk to the small business owners in your community & learn about the unintended consequences.” –Valerie, D.C. tipped employee
D.C.'s tipped minimum wage; Montgomery County passes Thrive We talk about a D.C. ballot measure that would end the tipped minimum wage. Plus, Montgomery County Councilmember Evan Glass talks about the new general plan.
will give restaurant employees a pay cut.
Service charges will be added to checks and likely reduce the amount of tips going straight to restaurant employees.
Listen to the restaurant employees voting against 82. VOTE .
Larry is a longtime tipped employee and he's asking you to listen to those who will directly impacted and vote !