Big Win For Our Businesses And Community

The Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce along with the Maryland Restaurant Association and other local chambers strongly and verbally opposed two bills introduced by Councilmember, Will Jawando.

• Bill 35-23 Elimination of Tipped Wage - proposed the  elimination of the tipped wage in Montgomery County for restaurant servers. 
• Bill 34-23 Establishment of Wage Commission - sought to establish an advisory wage commission to make recommendations regarding minimum wages and working conditions beginning with the chain restaurant industry, and then to any industry.  We felt this to be a very dangerous bill.

It is extremely rare for bills to be withdrawn at the County Council. Both of these bills were withdrawn on Tuesday, and we applaud the business community, especially our servers and restaurant managers on their efforts.