The Massachusetts Republican Party says no to Ballot Question 5.
Ballot Question 5 in Massachusetts will let voters decide if the state should raise its tipped minimum wage from $6.75 an hour to match the state's minimum wage by 2029 (the state's minimum wage is now $15 an hour). Nowadays, if a tipped worker's employer pay plus tips fails to reach $15 an hour at the end of a shift, the employer is supposed to make up the difference, according to Mass.gov. The amount the employer has to supplement varies, but most tipped workers already earn more than $15 an hour on their own.
