Last week, the Senate approved legislation to preserve the state’s tip credit system, a significant step forward in protecting more than 50,000 Michigan jobs.
For months, Speaker Hall and I have been inviting Democrats to come to the table and work together on a solution to save 50,000 jobs and avoid an economic catastrophe that will be felt across our state. Today, they finally joined us in listening to the voices of the thousands of Michigan servers and bartenders who have been asking for our help and refused to bend to the pressures of big unions and out-of-state special interests.