Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, May 25, 2012
A report Thursday said 880,000 workers in New York — 61,000 of them in the nine-county Rochester area — would have higher incomes if the minimum wage were increased, representing about 10 percent of all workers in the state. ...
However, some business leaders indicated Thursday they support a minimum wage increase. Costco and the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce were among companies and organizations that signed a statement supporting an increase.
“At Costco, we know good wages are good business,” Jeff Long, a company vice president, said in a statement.
“We keep our overhead low while still paying a starting wage of $11 an hour.”
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