Claim
- Tom Emmer introduced a proposal to cut tipped employee wages.
- Tom Emmer thinks servers in restaurants make $100,000 per year.
Source
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 6, 2010
- “Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer rekindled a smoldering debate Monday when he said minimum-wage workers who earn tips should have their wages reduced.”
- Minneapolis Star Tribune Editorial, July 7, 2010
- “Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer revealed more than he likely intended Monday when he proposed a reduction in the state-mandated minimum wage paid to tipped employees, most of them restaurant servers.”
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 10, 2010
- “To all the hospitality workers whom Tom Emmer enraged by suggesting a cut in their base wages, the Republican gubernatorial candidate offered an idea late this week: Let’s meet.
- $ldquo;Emmer infuriated many restaurant workers Monday when he said he would support reducing the minimum wage for hospitality workers who earn tips.”
- Rochester Post Bulletin, July 7, 2010
- “Rep. Tom Emmer, the GOP’s gubernatorial nominee, on Monday floated the idea of implementing a “tip credit” that would allow restaurant owners to reduce the minimum wage that servers are paid.”
- KEYC-TV Mankato, July 7, 2010
- “A law that permits states to drop the wages of tipped employees like waiters and waitresses to only 2.13 an hour… “
- Mankato Free Press, July 10, 2010
- “Candidate for governor Tom Emmer has been taking some heat for his suggestion that the state do away with the minimum wage for a lot of waiters and bartenders. He proposes that waiters and waitresses who get $30 or more a month in tips could be paid the federal minimum of $2.13 an hour for that business.”
- Mary Lahamer on Almanac, July 10. 2010
- “Tom Emmer made the most news when he said the minimum wage for waiters should be lowered through a tip credit.”
Fact
Tom Emmer has not proposed tip credit legislation that cuts anyone’s wages. During a tour of a local restaurant as part of the Freedom and Prosperity Project, Rep. Emmer heard from restaurant owners about the challenges they face growing jobs in this economy. A tip credit was suggested as a way to help Minnesota businesses stay competitive with other states (43 other states including all of Minnesota’s neighboring states have a tip credit).
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