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Zohran Mamdani hints he will continue taking on delivery apps like Uber Eats and DoorDash (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] 76 points 3 months ago (6 children)

While I share the sentiment, he doesn't have control over Federal wage laws. Ensuring that being tipped sufficiently is the norm is about the best option he has to protect tipped wages. I'm not sure if he can somehow ban tipped employment within the city or not. If he can, maybe that'll be planned in the future.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Can cities not set their own? Federal minimum wage is the floor if the local legislation doesn’t set a minimum.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    They can. Seattle’s minimum wage is the highest in the country, and we even have mandated that delivery services pay this minimum wage. Now they show “extra fees” to “pay for this” like they didn’t have the money for it before…

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    It depends on the state. In Nebraska, two of the largest cities are fighting a legal battle over whether they can raise minimum wage to meet a ballot initiative that the unicameral watered down.

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