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Hillary Clinton Calls to Eliminate Tip Credits for Restaurants
Restaurant Opportunities Center United stands behind Clinton
Hillary Clinton has called for an end of tip credits for restaurants. Clinton said during a rally at the Javits Center on March 2, the U.S. is the only industrialized country in the world to require its tipped workers to get their income from tips, rather than wages. Currently, many workers are receiving a tipped minimum wage of $2.35 per hour—a number that Clinton said was “shameful.”
Clinton called to attention the fact that there are 43 states allowing employers of tipped workers to pay their employees less than the minimum wage. Restaurant Opportunities Center United, a New York-based labor group, applauded Clinton’s stance on the issue.
“We applaud Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton for coming out strongly in support of the elimination of the tipped minimum wage, and urge New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature to follow her lead by abolishing the sub-minimum wage system in New York once and for all,” the group said in a statement.
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Nick Powills
FollowNick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.
