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Business for a Fair Minimum Wage is a network of business owners and executives who believe a fair minimum wage makes good business sense.
A project of Business for Shared Prosperity in partnership with the American Sustainable Business Council.
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Massachusetts Business for a Fair Minimum Wage Sign-On Statement
As business owners and executives, we support raising the Massachusetts minimum wage to strengthen our economy. Massachusetts was a leader when it passed the nation’s first minimum wage in 1912. But our state minimum wage has been stuck since 2008 at $8 an hour – just $16,640 a year for health aides, childcare workers, cashiers, security guards and other minimum wage workers. With less buying power than it had in the 1960s, today’s minimum wage impoverishes working families and weakens the consumer demand at the heart of our economy.
McClatchy Tribune News Service: Holly Sklar, Small Business Owners Across the Political Spectrum Say Raise the Minimum Wage
Op-Ed By Holly Sklar
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune News Service, May 1, 2013, and American Forum. Placements include the Miami Herald, The Tennessean, Jackson Clarion Ledger, Lansing State Journal, Battle Creek Enquirer, Lexington Herald Leader, The Coloradoan, Iowa City Press Citizen, Burlington Free Press, Madison Capital Times, Macon Telegraph, many more.
Federal Business for a Fair Minimum Wage Sign On Statement
As business owners and executives, we support raising the federal minimum wage to strengthen our economy.
Large Majority Of Small Businesses Favor Minimum Wage Increase In New National Poll
Employers Across Political Spectrum Say Raise Would Boost Business and Help Economy
Research Shows Minimum Wage Increases Do Not Cause Job Loss
Extensive research refutes the claim that increasing the minimum wage causes increased unemployment and business closures.
American Forum: Margot Dorfman, Raising minimum wage will help businesses succeed
Op-Ed by Margot Dorfman, CEO, U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce
Business Insider: Costco is the perfect example of why the minimum wage should be higher
By Ashley Lutz
Business Insider, March 6, 2013
Big-box warehouse store Costco is often compared with Walmart's Sam's Club. Both stores are places where people go to buy in bulk and save money.
Costco, Eileen Fisher and Small Business Owners Nationwide Support Fair Minimum Wage Act Introduced Today In Congress
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 5, 2013
Contact: Bob Keener, bobkeener@businessforsharedprosperity.org, 617-610-6766
Washington DC – Business owners applauded the introduction today of legislation to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time since 2009.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek: Higher Minimum Wage? Small Business Doesn't Mind
By Karen E. Klein and Nick Leiber
Bloomberg BusinessWeek, February 21, 2013
President Barack Obama’s recent proposal to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour by the end of 2015 has an unlikely ally: a sizable swath of America’s 6 million small employers.
American Forum: Darius Ross, Raise minimum wage to lift economy in New Year
Op-Ed by Darius Ross
Distributed by American Forum, Dec. 27, 2012. Known placements include Detroit News, Trenton Times, Montgomery Advertiser (AL), Atlanta Inquirer, Madison Capital Times, Times & Democrat (SC), Durham Herald Sun (NC), Asbury Park Press (NJ), La Prensa San Diego, Fall River Herald News (MA), North Dallas Gazette, many more
As a longtime businessman, I see a deficit in America that has received far too little attention. Thats the wage deficit experienced by growing numbers of Americans, with serious consequences for our economy.