Background: I'm working an avg. of 40 hours a pay period (2 weeks), so about 20 or so hours a week. I am the primary closer at my job, which is at a locally owned and operated bakery/bar/cafe. It wears a lot of hats, I know. Currently there's a a Front of House staff of, including me, about 6-7 people. As I said, I'm the primary closer, closing roughly 4-5 nights out of the 6 days they're open. I'm being paid under the state minimum wage (CO is $13.56) and make a tipped wage.
I recently updated my availability so I'd have at least two weekdays where I wasn't closing and my boss told me that there wasn't any staff available for that request so he'd have to bring someone new on. Now if he doesn't honor that request and schedules me and continues to schedule me, besides quitting, would there be room for me to negotiate a higher salary? Since it seems like he has very little options considering how often I'm closing and how good I am at it.
I am also actively looking for other work, but it's been tough, so I'd rather try to earn more where I am while I look just to try and mentally avoid burnout lol.