Fight to raise minimum wage and for a good local Food and Beveridge Service Union. Some tend to exist but mostly work in hotels and things con acted to prior unions and not restaurants. If I'm getting a living wage, sick time, paid vacations and benefits then I wouldn't need tips to keep food in the fridge and the lights on. No one who works for tips wants to do so either, it's degrading to servers to have to kiss ass to not essentially get a pay dock, and it's unreliable cause if it's a slow period not only are your hours getting cut most likely, you're also taking a pay cut cause there's less tips in those hours as well. This also means that any day you aren't absolutely busting your ass, you're making less money. It's only good for the business owner cause they can pass labor costs directly to the customers and create a toxic relationship between servers and customers that pass the buck to people who came to buy food when an employee gets less money than they earned.