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If the system I am proposing is broken, then why do the majority of tip earners across America keep their own tips? Taxicab drivers, sky caps, hair cutters, pizza delivery personel, cocktail waitresses, bellmen, garbage men, UPS deliverers, manicurists, maids, bartenders, and many others receive tips directly from customers. If the system is broken you better get out there and let all these people know that a better system is in the works.

Let them know that they should not expect to keep what customer's freely give them. Let them know that they are greedy for not sharing their tips with others. Let them know that there are people across this country that deserve a share of their tips.

The system we live in is capitalism. That means you keep what you earn. You get to be a little greedy in a capitalistic society because those who support such a system know that in the end everyone will benefit. Greed creates capitol which in turn creates jobs. Put them together and you have prosperity for all.

Look, if anyone should be sharing their income it is the corporations, private individuals and others who are making billions. Why pick on the little guy making 50 to 100k a year?

Don't tell me that a system that allows people to keep what they have freely been given doesn't work. It's the only system we have. Such a system promotes production, good service and reliability, not to mention a bit of competiveness. Competition fuels our economy. Competition increases procuction, service and reliability. It's a system that has worked quite effectively for millennias. If you want a socialistic country, then move to Cuba or somewhere else where they see no benefit in protecting the property rights of those willing to work for a living.

Here is the system I am proposing.

capitalism

noun

an economic system based on private ownership of capital.

Ideally, G Money, your not wrong, but the system you propose has proven itself to be broken in the past.

When was it proven to be broken in the past? It's working in many areas of the country. Many casinos still allow table for table. Just give me one name of a dealer who was arrested, charged and found guilty of stealing from the customer. Oh wait, the Wynn dealers who at the time were pooling tips, were accused of stealing a customer's tips. That's what started this whole ordeal.

Your arguments are unsupported by Nevada History. The casinos were forcing dealers to pool their tips back in the 60's and 70's. One of the main reasons casinos began forcing dealers to pool their tips was because casino managers wanted a share of the tips. It's common knowledge that many casino managers where taking a piece of the pooled tips. To suggest that employer mandated tip pooling came about because of fears dealers would compromise the integrety of the game is ridiculous. If they caught you stealing tips back in the 60's the mob had a way of insuring that you would never do it again.

Nowdays, the casino's have advanced surveillance systems and dealing procedures that would be more than sufficient to insure that dealers do not compromise the intergrety of the game due to customer tipping.

Please note, however, my concerns are not for myself. I am not attempting to get table for table for myself. My efforts are simply to insure that a worker who is presented a tip will not have it taken away by his employer. I would probably choose to pool my tips with a small group of workers if this sitution were straightened out. I like vacation tokes. I like having steady and predictable income. I just don't think anyone should be forced to give up their tips without any proof to substatiating why they are being forced to give up their tips. If I agree to pool my tips with a small group of workers, you can hold me to that agreement. However, when I am forced to pool tips with who-ever my employer wants to pool my tips with, I think the line is being crossed. I can compromise. I just cannot comprimise for all the other workers who receive tips.

This issue is about millions of tip earners who are currently at risk of losing a big part of their tips. Employers across this country are mandating tip pooling with one objective on their minds. They want to lower their staffing costs so they can make more money. The problem is tips aren't intended for employers. As Steve Wynns lawyers pointed out, there is already a benefit to employers for having workers who receive tips. The more in tips an employee receives, the less the business has to pay him. Employers have now figured out that if they can force their workers to share tips they can benefit even more from the tips customers are presenting. The more employees they can add into their mandated tip pool, the more workers they can pay lower wages to.

I don't have a problem with tip pooling. I only have a problem with employers using tip pooling as a means to benefit themselves, even more the tips customers are presenting their workers. I feel like it's a breach of contract. While tipped employees accept low wages in exchange for an opportunity to earn tips, employers are now taking away part of those tips so they can bribe other employees into accepting lower wages. It's become an epidemic. I am sorry, but enough is enough. It's time to turn the clock back a little and restore some of those tips to their rightful owners.