Labor organizations and advocates are calling for D.C. to raise the minimum wage to $25 an hour — including for tipped workers.
Leaders of the ” DC Living Wage for All Campaign” said they’re filing an initiative to be on the November 2026 ballot. The initiative would raise minimum wage for all workers over several years. It would also eliminate the tip credit.
The move comes months after the D.C. Council partially repealed Initiative 82 to cap tipped wages at 75% of the full minimum wage by the year 2034. Restaurant servers and other tipped workers would have been required to make the standard minimum wage by 2027…