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Chicago became the largest U.S. city to independently phase out the subminimum wage for tipped workers on Friday, a step celebrity chef Rick Bayless said the city needed to take “for the greater good.” Bayless supported the legislation, which passed by vote of 36-10, but not without reservations. He worries it could deepen the pay disparity between well-paid front-of-house workers who will be ...

Chicago on Friday became the largest American city to independently require that tipped employees make a full minimum wage, following a relatively easy City Council vote that delivered one of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s biggest political wins for his progressive agenda. In a 36-10 vote, aldermen approved the measure that advocates said was direly needed for the lowest-paid service workers and that ...

Marking a victory for Mayor Brandon Johnson and fellow progressives on the City Council, a measure that would make Chicago the largest American city to independently abolish a subminimum wage for workers who get tips moved forward on Wednesday. Over objections from a restaurant worker who said the move could lead to a pay cut and aldermen who predicted higher menu prices, the City Council’s ...

Chicago would be the largest American city to move on its own to abolish a subminimum wage for tipped workers under a deal reached Monday between Mayor Brandon Johnson’s allies in the City Council and the restaurant lobby. The new substitute ordinance, set to be introduced in a City Council committee this week, would mandate that Chicago businesses offer tipped workers the same minimum wage as ...

We’re at a moment of reckoning in the restaurant industry. Servers are reporting an increase in abuse from diners—just last month, a restaurant employee was beaten unconscious by a group of unhappy customers in Memphis, according to local reports. Restaurants are holding together their finances with duct tape and bubble gum, adding ambiguous fees with labels ranging from “inflation” to “wellness” to help cover rising costs. Consumers are overwhelmed and frustrated by fees, surcharges, and pop-up