Unite: Waiters and Waitresses demand ‘Fair Tips’ to mark closure of government consultation
DATE: Wednesday, 11th February 2009
TIME: 11am
LOCATION: College Green, Abingdon Street, Westminster
Waiters and waitresses from across the hospitality industry will be demanding the government takes action to ensure they get 100% of tips as the government consultation into tips and service charges closes.
The Unite campaign is calling for the loophole in the minimum wage regulations, which allows companies to use tips and service charges to top up salaries to minimum wage, to be closed.
In a photo opportunity, which mocks up a scene in a restaurant, members from the union working in hotels, bars and restaurants will demand that the government gives them fair tips and not allow the industry to continue to take the money customers leave for those who have served them.
After the photo opportunity members of Unite will go to the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) to hand in the union’s consultation response and a petition from the public in support of the fair tips campaign.
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For more information on the photo opportunity or the Unite response to the consultation please contact: Saba Mozakka, Unite Press Office on: 020 7420 8916 or 07768 693 953.
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