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Many hospitality and restaurant workers transitioned to working in other industries. Finding the pay and benefits superior, they aren’t returning to their old jobs in the service industry. Wages must go up and if that means higher prices, so be it.

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Many restaurants pay a paltry wage, sometimes less than $5.00 and have their servers count on tips to bring them up to even the minimum wage. This is unconscionable. No wonder they left for other jobs.

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Much of Europe has done away with tipping. We would do well to imitate them.

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And too many restaurants steal tip money earned by staff, not the owner or manager. Unconscionable.

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