Vermonters love to dine out, experience new things, and try new foods and flavors. So do the many tourists that visit our beautiful state each year. The restaurant culture and service industry isn’t going anywhere and neither are the amazing humans who work in and sustain it. Not only is it not going anywhere, it has been growing and expanding rapidly. The service industry has grown 80% since the 1990s, more than any other sector of our economy in America. Nationally, 1 out of every 2 people currently works or has worked in the service industry. Under current Vermont law, tipped workers bring home $5.39 an hour before tips. This leaves a large section of Vermont’s workforce - 12,300 people, nearly 80% of whom are women - vulnerable to inconsistent and unreliable pay, low wages, and harassment. This year, we're fighting to raise the standards for thousands of Vermont's tipped service workers and fight for One Fair Wage, improving the security of those who work in Vermont's profitable food service industry by raising wages across the board to at least $15 an hour before tips, phased in over several years. As someone who has worked in the industry for many years, I enjoy and take pride in this work. I also know firsthand the challenges that we face as a result of poverty wages. Elsewhere, others have also begun to recognize these challenges. Many states such as Minnesota, California, Washington, and Oregon have already agreed to One Fair Wage: a single minimum wage for all restaurant workers with tips as usual. Will you stand in support and solidarity with Vermont’s tipped workforce and let our legislators know that you support #OneFairWage? Let’s be on the right side of history together. Join me in signing today. Andy Sebranek Burlington, VT

Many drivers have lives, just like the CEO of Uber. For some drivers, rideshare driving is their only source of income. By reducing the rates and getting rid of the multiplier surge on Uber, it makes it harder for drivers to make good money daily. And remember, drivers have to spend their own money to purchase gas, oil change, brakes, tires, and other expenses. It's time for Uber to look out for the drivers!

Publix changes there pay range but doesn’t bump up people’s pay when they’ve been there for 2+yrs! So that means people who are just starting at Publix make just as much as the employees who have been there for years! It’s not right and they need to do something about it! Pay your employees the right way!

So people can save up money to buy things.

We are losing money and wasting time driving to locations to pick up passengers who are violating TOS. and the account holders are putting their children in danger by attempting to get them rides when they are underage or thinking they can hold a small child in their lap....They should feel in in their wallets and maybe they will think twice before asking a driver to break laws.

These policies are out dated, and archaic. They stem from the 1930s when Publix was originally founded. The social norm of the era was that it was considered polite for men to be well groomed with hair above the ear and not touching their collar. However this is 2018 and society has changed. We shouldn't have to abide by the social norms of 88 years ago in order to keep our jobs.

With recent change in beard policy, it should finally be time to review other outdated policies in regards to how associates maintain their own hair appearances. Providing that we can still maintain the same level of sanitation in personal appearance and in store operations, the individual associate should be able to choose the way they wish to wear their hair. The beard policy change has been a positive change and we believe that this will also be a positive change for both associates and the company.

We have to stand up for our already low wages. We have to let our employers know we are willing to do the job that we are paid for but need to make more when more is asked of us. I have been a server for a long time and have never felt more underpaid than now.

For the future of everyone.

It is important for current active employees to keep their benefit at its current status for commuting, going on vacation with RC or spouse. Upgrading D3s will cause more work for agents and cost the company more money. Friends sometimes just need to buy a real ticket and not make it harder for employees to get on.

Employees shouldn't be forced to work under those conditions. Some staff members have health issues and other issues going on in their life. It is very difficult to come to work and be positive and function when you have a supervisor that is doing all those things

Because it's self expression and it makes you feel confident and better about yourself. If you want people working for you to do a good job, then make them happy.