[T]o a fatigued public living in an economic environment where corporate profits are at their highest level in at least 85 years and employee compensation is at its lowest level in 65 years, Marriott’s well-intentioned tip envelopes seem like yet another case in which a corporation is relying on consumers to pay workers’ wages instead of investing in employees directly. The biggest culprit of this trend is the restaurant industry, where tipped workers have been paid a minimum wage of $2.13 per hour for 23 years.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:10:10 +0000
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