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Support Tipped Employees: Vote NO on Initiative 82

Support Tipped Employees: Vote NO on Initiative 82Support Tipped Employees: Vote NO on Initiative 82Support Tipped Employees: Vote NO on Initiative 82

Initiative 82 is threatening to change a system that works, reducing pay for servers & bartenders if passed in November.

Support Tipped Employees: Vote NO on Initiative 82

Support Tipped Employees: Vote NO on Initiative 82Support Tipped Employees: Vote NO on Initiative 82Support Tipped Employees: Vote NO on Initiative 82

Initiative 82 is threatening to change a system that works, reducing pay for servers & bartenders if passed in November.

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How It Works

Under the current system, the tip credit guarantees that servers and bartenders receive the minimum wage but enables tipped employees to earn well above that amount—about $26 per hour, on average. Initiative 82 would eliminate the tip credit and upend this system, harming servers and bartenders across the District.



What does Initiative 82 mean for your favorite restaurant and bar?

  • If the tip credit is removed, the vibrancy of DC’s unique dining scene will be threatened. 
  • Your favorite restaurant and bar would see a major increase in its labor costs—$11 per hour, per person. 
  • Restaurants and bars will be forced to increase menu prices and decrease staff size. 
  • 96% of D.C. sit-down restaurants and bars are independently operated. These are the exact businesses that will be hardest hit if the tip credit is abolished. 
  • Combined with rising inflation and skyrocketing rents across the city, it would be harder and harder for independent restaurants and bars to succeed. 
  • Sadly, your neighborhood restaurant and bar would struggle to make it in such an environment. 
  • Tipping helps fuel the high-quality guest service that has become a hallmark of the District’s world-class dining scene.

What does Initiative 82 mean for tipped employees?

  • Restaurants and bars are likely to institute a service charge and eliminate tipping. 
  • Servers and bartenders would earn considerably less than they do now through an hourly wage. 
  • Restaurants and bars would face major increases in labor costs and be forced to cut back employee hours and eliminate positions.

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