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Massachusetts could be the next state to get rid of the ‘subminimum wage’ for tipped workers

Written by: Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Research Professor, Political Economy Research Institute, UMass Amherst

A Massachusetts ballot initiative would get rid of the state's tipped minimum wage.AP Photo/Marta Lavandier

The federal minimum wage for tipped workers has stood at US$2.13 an hour since 1991. Back then, it amounted to half the $4.25 regular minimum wage. But Congress has failed to increase the tipped minimum while periodically raising the regular...

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