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How about a tipping strike?

Hear me out. Tipping is way out of control and uses solidarity among workers to either subsidize low wages or be painted as the bad guy while employers hide behind it. A planned tipping strike, for say 2 weeks, would give affected workers a chance to say it's not worth it to work those weeks, so either every place that relies on tips to cover shitty wages shuts down or has to scramble to do something about it. I feel like this is the only way since no lawmaker will help and owners won't do anything without being pushed. Am I crazy or is this maybe an ok idea?


Hear me out. Tipping is way out of control and uses solidarity among workers to either subsidize low wages or be painted as the bad guy while employers hide behind it. A planned tipping strike, for say 2 weeks, would give affected workers a chance to say it's not worth it to work those weeks, so either every place that relies on tips to cover shitty wages shuts down or has to scramble to do something about it. I feel like this is the only way since no lawmaker will help and owners won't do anything without being pushed. Am I crazy or is this maybe an ok idea?

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