Minnesota House passes minimum wage cut for tipped workers - including 8,000 women over 30

[I've said it repeatedly - the rich and the GOP want to OWN your sorry ass, and thye won't be happy until you're working for slave wages. ---Bozo]
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David Edwards
23 Apr 2015 at 12:57 ET                  
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The Minnesota state House this week passed a bill that would cut the minimum wage for thousands of restaurant workers who receive tips.
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The Star Tribune reported that the measure passed by GOP-controlled state House on Wednesday was packed with rollbacks to appease the hospitality industry.
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If the bill is signed into law, it would create a two-tiered minimum wage that critics referred to as a "tip penalty." Restaurant owners would be able to pay employees a lower wage if they made at least $4 an hour in tips.
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Republican lawmakers said that they wanted to pass the law before the minimum wage rose to $9.50 an hour in 2016, arguing that it would force restaurants out of business.
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But state Rep. Tim Mahoney (D) suggested that the measure was an attack on 8,000 women over 30 who had children and worked for tips.
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