Timeline for Should I tip on the Amtrak train?
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| Sep 6, 2019 at 14:32 | comment | added | TylerH | @choster My comment is addressing Nigel's question in a general sense, not specifically in the context of Amtrak employees. | |
| Sep 6, 2019 at 14:20 | comment | added | choster | @TylerH This is not the situation with Amtrak workers, who are unionized and are paid a good deal over minimum wage. It is a separate tradition exclusive to the railroad industry, carried over from the old passenger rail services that were merged into Amtrak. | |
| Sep 6, 2019 at 13:34 | comment | added | TylerH | @NigelFds In the US employers typically pay service employees (those who receive tips) well below a living wage. The law indicates that any difference between their actual earnings (wage + tips) and minimum wage be made up by additional wages from the employer, but in practice this is often not followed (and not enforced by the government as it's not worth their time, usually). The US national minimum wage is $7.25/hour, but for service workers it is $2.13/hour. | |
| Sep 6, 2019 at 11:55 | comment | added | Rsf | @NigelFds culture, which in turn leads to employer taking into account tipping when setting salaries, so an American waiter will get a relatively lower salary then let's say a north European one (where tipping is uncommon). | |
| Sep 6, 2019 at 4:40 | comment | added | Nigel Fds | why is it expected to tip so much in US ?? | |
| Sep 5, 2019 at 20:55 | history | answered | Xnero | CC BY-SA 4.0 |