All Chicago businesses would be required to pay their workers the same minimum hourly wage, regardless of whether they earn tips, and all employees would be entitled to 15 days of paid time off under two proposals introduced to the Chicago City Council on Wednesday.
Taken together, the two proposals are likely to form the foundation of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s agenda when it comes to labor. A former organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union, Johnson enjoyed the unanimous support of Chicago’s progressive labor organizations.
Johnson has endorsed the One Fair Wage national campaign, which has cast the push to end the tipped minimum wage as part of a larger fight for justice, saying workers who earn the so-called tipped minimum wage are more vulnerable to sexual harassment, wage theft and abuse than other employees.
But even with 25 cosponsors, the proposal to eliminate the tipped minimum wage by July 2025 failed to advance Wednesday, with Ald. Anthony Beale (9th Ward) preventing it from heading directly to a committee hearing and vote.
Johnson’s mayoral campaign platform called for an end to the tipped minimum wage, noting that those who rely on tips to earn a living wage are more likely to be Black and Latina women. Johnson was endorsed by the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Illinois, which is part of the One Fair Wage campaign.
Ending the tipped minimum wage will be “good for workers, working families, and the future of our city,” Johnson said at an event...
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