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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Cherita Ellens

Why eliminating the subminimum wage for tipped workers matters so much to women

Patrons sit at the bar at Standard Bar and Grill in Wicker Park on Sept. 19. The City Council is expected to pass an ordinance to phase out the subminimum wage for tipped servers. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Chicago’s alderpersons, most of whom recently accepted a raise, will decide Wednesday whether Chicago workers in some of the lowest-paid, lowest-opportunity occupations deserve one too. 

We hope they side with our city’s restaurant workers and other tipped workers. 

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