Tipped Workers

In June, D.C. voters approved a measure raising tipped workers’ base wages. Four months later the D.C. Council overturned D.C. voters and repealed that initiative – Initiative 77.

An advocacy group plans to appeal a court order that foiled its effort to hold a new election on a wages for tipped workers that had been approved by D.C. voters but overturned by the D.C. Council.

Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC), together with community activists, spent the past week collecting signatures to put a referendum on a future ballot that would revive Initiative 77—the ballot measure that sought to eliminate…

A D.C. judge issued a ruling on Wednesday afternoon that likely kills a nascent effort to revive Initiative 77, the voter-approved measure that sought to raise the base wage paid to tipped workers in the city.

A D.C. Superior Court judge halted efforts Wednesday to force a new referendum on a law approved by voters- but repealed by the D.C. Council - that would overhaul how servers, bartenders and other tipped workers are paid.

Proponents of a referendum to overturn the D.C. Council’s repeal of Initiative 77 say they are approaching the number of signatures they need to put the measure on the ballot, with two more days left to finish the task. But opponents are…

Activists are scrambling to collect thousands of signatures needed to revive a law approved by voters but overturned by the D.C. Council that would change how the District’s servers, bartenders and other tipped employees are paid.

The race to save Initiative 77 is on.

Today you may encounter petitioners looking for your signature. The 'Save Our Vote' campaign led by Restaurant Opportunities Center United and Rev. Graylan Hagler were given the green light to forge ahead with their referendum to repeal the…

The Initiative 77 chess match continues. 

The debate about Initiative 77, the ballot measure in June’s primary to eliminate the two-tiered wage system, played out with special acrimony on social media. Perhaps you’d like to return to those simpler times of online debate, back…

The fight over tipping and how restaurant workers are paid in the nation’s capital may be returning to the ballot. The D.C. Council this month repealed Initiative 77, which voters passed in June to require employers to pay more to servers,…

Mastro's Steakhouse is in hot water. A former server at the D.C. location is suing the national chain, alleging that the company violated labor standards when it forced him to share his tips with colleagues who don't regularly interact with…