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Ballot 5 with Ryan Lotz


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This episode explores the upcoming ballot measure 5 on the MA general election. Ballot measure 5, promoted by One Fair Wage, seeks to elimiate the tip credit from MA over the next 5 years raising the minimum wage for tipped employees to the same minimum wage as all other workers (currently $15). This episode explores the challenges of that change with Mass Restaurants United President and hospitality professional, Ryan Lotz. 

Articles credited include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • UC Irvine Study
  • Impacts in Washington D.C.
  • Tufts Center for State Policy
  • Local Business Multiplier Effects
  • Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.

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