Bill filed to remove the minimum wage hike for wait staff

As anticipated, SB361 was filed a few minutes ago over in the Senate. If signed into law, it would revert the minimum hourly pay for "tip wage earners" to $2.13 from the current law of $2.65. I am against reversing the successful efforts to implement this measure during the 2006 special session.

If memory serves, an agreement was struck last year that in effect kept the advocates of this measure from seeking to propose a constitutional amendment, which would be much more difficult to roll back than merely repealing a statute. In exchange, opponents of the measure did not vocally oppose the increase of the state's minimum wage to $6.25/hr (and the $2.65/hr wage for wait staff).