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Cherita Ellens

A group of people sit at the bar at Standard Bar and Grill at 1332 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Wicker Park Sept. 19. The City Council is expected to pass an ordinance to phase out the subminimum wage for tipped servers.
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Why eliminating the subminimum wage for tipped workers matters so much to women
Women make up 70% of the wait staff in Chicago, and of 746 occupations analyzed recently, wait staff had the lowest median annual earnings, just $21,000.
By Cherita Ellens