Washington Post: Leaked documents show strong business support for raising the minimum wage
So why do most chambers of commerce still oppose it?
By Lydia DePillis
Washington Post, April 4, 2016
Whenever minimum wage increases are proposed on the state or federal level, business groups tend to fight them tooth and nail. But actual opposition may not be as united as the groups' rhetoric might make it appear, according to internal research conducted by a leading consultant for state chambers of commerce.
The survey of 1,000 business executives across the country was conducted by LuntzGlobal, the firm run by Republican pollster Frank Luntz, and obtained by a liberal watchdog group...