The passage of the ballot measure would have raised the minimum wage for workers who earn tips from $6.75 to $15 an hour.

Voters in Massachusetts battered down a proposal that would have raised the minimum wage of tipped workers to match that of nontipped workers. Question 5 was failing 64%-36% around the time when the Associated Press called the contest at 12:30 a.

With about 75% of precincts reporting, 64% voted against increasing the minimum wage for tipped workers, according to the Associated Press.

Massachusetts voters rejected a proposal to gradually increase how much employers must pay workers who collect tips, like servers in restaurants. The state’s wage for tipped workers is now $6.75 an hour,

Massachusetts voters have decisively rejected a measure to abolish the tipped wage, declining to require that restaurants and related employers replace

This proposal would gradually raise the tipped minimum wage over a five-year period, starting with an increase to 64 percent of the state minimum wage on Jan. 1, 2025 and ending with a match to 100% on Jan.

Massachusetts voters said yes to auditing the Legislature but rejected increasing the hourly wage for workers who collect tips. Voters defeated a proposal to gradually increase how much employers must pay workers who collect tips,

Massachusetts voters rejected a measure to raise the tipped minimum wage from $6.75 an hour to $15, according to the Associated Press. Why it matters: The measure would have shaken up tipping culture in Massachusetts and raised questions about its effects on restaurants and top-earning waiters and bartenders.