Actually, I do not understand the outrage here, about this case, in this context.
If no one is outraged tips are used to meet the minimum payment requirements for the service industry, why are they outraged about the exact same thing being done in this case?
I mean, those of us who support fair and living wages have been outraged about the service industry practices for a long time, but no one else has been. No huge coverage and public outcry and a reversal of policy.
Perhaps there is not enough public awareness about the shit that servers, a huge percentage of the workforce, have to put up with, including mandated use of tips to make sure they meet minimum hourly wage requirements.
I’d love to see more folks get pissed about everywhere this works. I am glad in this case, the practice stopped. I would love to know how others might build on this outrage to see where similar shitty practices, in this case, exactly the same shitty practice, are standard and help get that fixed too.
ETA: Note below, the practice as we do it in Michigan by law, is illegal in CA, which would help explain the outrage in this case. if it is related to CA somehow.
