D.C. voters have chosen to raise the pay for tipped workers to nontipped workers’ minimum wage. The ballot measure known as Initiative 82 was originated by labor unions. “Although [these initiatives] sound great and are many times emotionally charged …, the bottom line is that the customer’s the one who’s going to pay for it in the end,” Noe Landini, owner of Junction Bistro Bar and Bakery on Capitol Hill said. The new mandate will gradually raise the base pay of tipped workers by $2 each year until it reaches the district’s minimum wage by 2027, according to Axios.
