A crowd of people, many opposed to a bill that would raise the minimum wage for tipped workers, listens during a hearing by the House Committee on Labor in Room 101 at the Rhode Island State House on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)
A smorgasbord of bills on upping the state’s minimum wage went before the labor committees in both chambers of the Rhode Island General Assembly Wednesday night. A big enough crowd was expected that there was an overflow room to watch the House hearing , and it was standing room in the Senate hearing .
The main course: Two proposals to gradually raise the minimum wage for employees who make tips…