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Peter Riley<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/20/down-syndrome-australia-subminimum-wage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/mar/20/down-syndrome-australia-subminimum-wage</span></a></p><p>$4.20 per hour is not enough to live on – but exploitation is “legal”<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/28/larry-was-paid-420-an-hour-in-australia-its-not-enough-to-live-on-but-its-completely-legal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2024/jan/28/larry-was-paid-420-an-hour-in-australia-its-not-enough-to-live-on-but-its-completely-legal</span></a></p><p>Abolish Sub Minimum Wage <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dj4N8NtD9RKJj7eypPgKkIPggKI2aONCrwBOEzjrEIg/edit?tab=t.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1Dj</span><span class="invisible">4N8NtD9RKJj7eypPgKkIPggKI2aONCrwBOEzjrEIg/edit?tab=t.0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/livingWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livingWage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minimumWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minimumWage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/subminimumWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subminimumWage</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wageslavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wageslavery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workingpoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingpoor</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a><br>The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ChicagoCityCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChicagoCityCouncil</span></a> today voted to abolish the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TwoTier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwoTier</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> system, which allowed employers to pay sub-minimum wage, on the expectation that workers would make up that difference from customers tips.</p><p>Beginning July 2024, the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SubMinimumWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SubMinimumWage</span></a> will gradually increase over the next five years, until it is on par with <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> state's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MinimumWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinimumWage</span></a> of $15.80/hour.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OneFairWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OneFairWage</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RestaurantIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RestaurantIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RestaurantJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RestaurantJobs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FairWages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairWages</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/QrEPN9WJZrE?si=CuFvig02pddhUg90" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/QrEPN9WJZrE?si=CuFvig</span><span class="invisible">02pddhUg90</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>Chicago Is About to End the Subminimum Wage for Tipped Workers - Brandon Johnson, the labor-backed mayor of Chicago, is poised to deliver his first major victory: scrapping the subminimum wage for tipped workers.</p><p><a href="https://jacobin.com/2023/09/chicago-brandon-johnson-subminimum-wage-tipped-workers-restaurant-industry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jacobin.com/2023/09/chicago-br</span><span class="invisible">andon-johnson-subminimum-wage-tipped-workers-restaurant-industry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ChicagoLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChicagoLabor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BrandonJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrandonJohnson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SubminimumWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SubminimumWage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TippedWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TippedWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RestaurantIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RestaurantIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Victory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Victory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
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