Baltimore Sun: Ned Atwater: $15 wage is good for business
By Ned Atwater
Baltimore Sun, Letter to the Editor, March 28, 2018
In the final days of Maryland’s legislative session, lawmakers have an opportunity to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 by 2023 and phase out the tipped sub-minimum wage by 2025. As a restaurant owner, I know the increases will be good for business, good for Baltimore and beneficial to our state (“Raising the Md. minimum wage would stabilize families — and destabilize the underground economy,” Jan. 31).
Over 20 years, our business has grown to six locations and 225 employees. Our staff...