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Nearly 900 full-service restaurant jobs have vanished since March, and more than 50 restaurants have closed in just the first ...
Data shows DC restaurants have been facing a series of economic headwinds like increased rent, higher food prices, and a ...
DC’s tipped wage will not be phased out by 2027 as scheduled. Instead, the DC Council voted 7 to 5 today to partially repeal ...
The D.C. Council voted on changes to Initiative 82, a controversial piece of legislation that changed how tipped workers were ...
The D.C. Council opted to strip Initiative 82 of some of its provisions after the measure struggled to be fully implemented years after voters approved it.
The reopened conversation about I-82 comes after the Council voted in June to pause the pay bump — from $10 to $12 per hour — ...
Under the newly passed amendment co-sponsored by councilmembers Christina Henderson and Charles Allen, the current base wage ...
The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW), some tipped workers and business owners have spent weeks asking the DC Council to repeal Initiative 82. Those in favor of eliminating ...
The D.C. Council has approved a change to how restaurant workers are paid, stopping short of repealing the controversial ...
The vote outraged the crowd, which erupted in anger and began shouting at the council members. WASHINGTON — Angry attendees ...
WASHINGTON - D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s effort to repeal the District’s tipped minimum wage law was derailed by the D.C. council on Monday. Some owners of restaurants and servers have been ...
The D.C. Council plans to vote on the budget Monday, which covers issues including Initiative 82 and proposed cuts from Mayor Muriel Bowser.