GBH News | Maura Healey Healey opposes ballot questions on tipped wage, MCAS grad requirement @GBHNews | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 40 minutes ago.
Gov. Maura Healey said she’s voting no on a ballot question that would change the pay structure for tipped employees out of concern it would lead to restaurant closures.
It’s a stance the governor says is informed by both her conversations with restaurant industry personnel and her own experience waiting tables in her teens and 20s.
Healey’s stance puts her at odds with some prominent Democrats, including presidential nominee Kamala Harris, whose economic platform includes a call to end the subminimum wage for tipped workers. Former presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton endorsed Massachusetts Question 5 earlier this week.
Healey stayed tight-lipped on most of the other ballot questions, saying she’s “still reviewing” both Question 3, which would let Uber and Lyft drivers unionize, and Question 4, which would legalize and regulate certain natural psychedelics.
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Gov. Maura Healey said she’s voting no on a ballot question that would change the pay structure for tipped employees out of concern it would lead to restaurant closures.
It’s a stance the governor says is informed by both her conversations with restaurant industry personnel and her own experience waiting tables in her teens and 20s.
Healey’s stance puts her at odds with some prominent Democrats, including presidential nominee Kamala Harris, whose economic platform includes a call to end the subminimum wage for tipped workers. Former presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton endorsed Massachusetts Question 5 earlier this week.
Healey stayed tight-lipped on most of the other ballot questions, saying she’s “still reviewing” both Question 3, which would let Uber and Lyft drivers unionize, and Question 4, which would legalize and regulate certain natural psychedelics.
Learn more: wgbh.org/news/politics/2024-10-16/healey-opposes-ballot-questions-on-tipped-wage-increase-mcas-grad-requirement
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