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DC Council votes to scale back tipped wage initiative
The reopened conversation about I-82 comes after the Council voted in June to pause the pay bump — from $10 to $12 per hour — until October, which was prompted by a push from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in her original budget proposal to repeal I-82. Bowser’s proposal sought to eliminate I-82 and revert the tipped minimum wage to $5.95.
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