In 1991, the minimum wage for servers was $2.13 an hour. Fourteen years later, it is still at that level. Servers have to pay taxes on their pitiful earnings, so often their only real income is from tips. In addition, they have to cover for food if customers leave without paying. Finally, some employers require servers to clean bathrooms, floors, windows, etc. - all at $2.13 an hour, far below the mandated minimum wage.
Servers have bills to pay and mouths to feed like everybody else. They are way overdue for a raise. The minimum wage for servers should be the same as for all other employees!
We the undersigned ask that the minimum wage for servers be raised to the same as for other employees. The standard wage for servers has not gone up for 24 years, even though other wages - as well as the costs of necessities - have increased. Servers in the food industry often depend entirely on tips for any income at all because they have to pay taxes on their earnings just like everybody else.
Food servers are way overdue for a raise. Nobody can live in the United States on a pitiful $2.13 an hour. Make the minimum wage for servers the same as for all other personnel - and while you're at it, raise the minimum wage to a living wage so that those earning it can make ends meet.
