The California New Math -- April 19, 2015
The Los Angeles Times is reporting:
The battle over boosting the minimum wage in Los Angeles has turned to
the dollar bills tucked under an empty coffee cup, the spare change
dropped into tip jars and the hasty calculations jotted down on meal
tabs.
As LA leaders weigh raising wages for businesses across
the city, scores of local restaurateurs argue that the city should count
tips toward the added amount they would have to pay workers to reach
the proposed $13.25 or $15.25 minimum wage.
Doing so, they say, would ensure the wage increase helps those who need it most and reduce the financial burden on businesses.
"There
is just no room for us to be able to afford this increase and stay in
business," said Caroline Styne, who owns several restaurants and cafes
around Los Angeles. "None of us is refuting the fact that people making
$9 an hour cannot get by on that. I'm talking about people that are
already making well over that."
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