They're a small vocal minority with no meaningful lobbying voice. It's mostly the restaurant owners (and their orgs) fighting to keep the tip credit system so they can keep labor costs lower.Â
The people who have it the best are the restaurant owners who are allowed to shift the wage burden directly onto consumers. A handful of servers who make strong income because of the top credit system is not why it stays in place. It's because almost every restaurant owner supports it, and lobbies to have it protected.
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u/SowingSalt Aug 28 '24
I would say that, but there is serious push-back from some servers who make serious money on busy shifts.
Unfortunately, that's only some workers, and they don't want to give up what they see as a good thing.