Stop the wage cuts! Wake up Democrats!
It should be common sense, good wages drive good economies for everyone. In the Boulder area, the minimum wage effort in the last few years produced a local economic study that said this very thing. But despite this, we're seeing increasing attacks on wages, not led by MAGA forces (which largely don't even exist in Boulder area), but instead by elected officials claiming to be Democrats.
In the city of Boulder, there is a proposed ordinance to take advantage of the ability to modify tipped credit. In no uncertain terms this needs to be understood as a cut to the wages for tipped workers. As leaders in the labor movement, we believe prioritizing better wages will help make economies that work for everyone, and benefits businesses too since it reduces attrition. We call on the Boulder City Council to abandon this horrible ordinance, and get back to planning for a minimum wage that helps our struggling working families.
The concept of tipping was born out of Jim Crow, and its still racist. It diminishes the value of the labor provided by hard-working people, who are the most marginalized in our community. We in labor believe sub-minimum wages should be abolished wholly.
Join the fight this summer in Boulder to protect our workers, we have the Sundance Festival to get ready for, let's not drive away even more workers from this town.
Actions to take now
- Send a letter to City Council, even if you aren't a tipped workers, its an economy for all of us. Tell them why you care.
- Speak at the last public comment available June 18th, while wage cuts aren't on the agenda, its last chance to speak in person.
- Join our rally on June 25th, the city has decided to have meetings with NO public comment, and yet is conducting "first reading" on this day, starting the process BEFORE a public hearing.
- RSVP for the public hearing July 30th, this date is subject to change, but we will show up en masse to make it clear the community doesn't want to throw tipped workers under the bus