(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The battle lines have been drawn in the movement to raise the minimum wage for restaurant workers and others who can earn tips.
Even with 25 co-sponsors (and 26 “yes” votes ultimately needed for passage), the ordinance to phase out the so-called sub-minimum wage paid to tipped workers was sidetracked by Nine Ward Ald. Anthony Beale's procedural move to delay a full committee hearing on the measure.
He said the plan would drive small businesses from Chicago.
But Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26), a lead sponsor of the ordinance, said some restaurants in Chicago have insisted on paying their workers higher than the sub-minimum wage and they are thriving.
“It’s a delaying tactic, right?” she said of Beale’s move.
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