This Baltimore vegan restaurant owner is a fierce advocate for higher wages for tipped workers

Tia Hamilton’s restaurant specializes in vegan comfort food, but sometimes the Baltimore activist is all about making people uncomfortable. 

Servers push for bigger paychecks in Maryland, but some bosses think it’s a bad idea

One Fair Wage activists are pushing for the minimum wage for tipped workers to be increased from $3.63 to $15, matching the current Maryland minimum wage, but some service workers are against it.

Montgomery County’s tipped worker wage bill prompts confrontation

Supporters of a Montgomery County proposal to raise tipped workers’ minimum wage clashed with opponents who came out to testify at a council hearing Tuesday afternoon.