Mo. House rejects lower base wage for tipped workers

Friday, April 25, 2008

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The House rejected legislation Thursday that would have lowered the base wages for waitresses, valets and other tipped employees to the amount they had received before a voter-approved increase in Missouri's minimum wage.

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