A measure that would have made major changes to how restaurant workers in Prince George’s County, Maryland, are paid was tabled by the county council on Thursday.
The bill would have pushed aside the tipped-wage credit commonly seen in the restaurant industry.
If passed, the bill would have raised the current minimum wage in Prince George’s County for those who draw their income mostly from tips from $3.63 per hour to $13 per hour within three years.
Dueling rallies were held in Largo on Thursday as restaurant workers spoke for and against the bill.
That drew dozens of restaurant workers and leaders from the Restaurant Association of Maryland to Jasper’s in Largo, which is right around the corner from the county government building.
“This is how I was able to pay my college tuition. This is how I was able to get my first car. This is how I was able to get my first apartment,” said Pablina Kamara, a mother of three who told the crowd she’s been waiting tables for eight years.
Kamara works at Jasper’s. She led the crowd in chants of “save our tips” and said the service industry doesn’t need the proposed changes.
“Don’t let them do us like this, y’all,” she said.
Her boss at Jasper’s, Kelly O’Brien, said her servers make $22 to $47, on average, per hour right now, thanks to tips just on credit cards, and that some bartenders make as much as $60 per hour. She warned the proposed changes would lead her best workers to work...
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