By Jeremy Allen
Michigan Live, July 22, 2014

Paul Saginaw's advocacy for increased wages has earned him a trip to the White House. The Zingerman's co-owner will be honored today in Washington, D.C., with other business owners across the country as they receive Raise the Wage Champions for Change awards.

The awards will be presented to nine activists, advocates and business owners who the Obama administration says have taken action to raise wages for working men and women around the country. ...

President Obama made a visit to Zingerman's Delicatessen during his April trip to Ann...

Associated Press (AP), July 22, 2014

The White House has honored an Ann Arbor businessman with a Champions of Change award. Paul Saginaw is among those who were recognized at a ceremony on Tuesday in the nation’s capital.

He’s the co-founder of the Zingerman’s community of businesses. During a visit to Ann Arbor in April, President Barack Obama praised Saginaw for paying his restaurant workers above minimum wage. ...

Saginaw participated in the ceremony and then took part in a round table discussion Tuesday.

Read more

In many papers, including for example

Crain's Detroit Business

Detroit...

CBS St. Louis/KMOX, July 22, 2014

WASHINGTON (KMOX) - The driving force behind Vintage Vinyl’s success on the Delmar Loop will be recognized in Washington D.C.

The White House says Lew Prince will be honored today as one of America’s “Champions of Change.”

Prince, co-founder and co-owner of the iconic St. Louis record store, is being saluted by President Obama for his efforts to raise the minimum wage.

Prince is also a longtime spokesperson for Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, a network of business owners and executives advocating for the business advantages of a...

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent
Black Press USA, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) News Wire, July 22, 2014. Also in Tennessee Tribune, New Pittsburgh Courier, Indianapolis Recorder, Louisiana Weekly, more

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – More than 60 percent of small business owners with employees favor increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 in three stages, according to a new survey.

The poll, sponsored by the American Sustainable Business Council, an advocacy group that represents more than 200,000 businesses and Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, described on the group’s website as “a national network of business owners...

Fox2 News St. Louis, July 21, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KTVI) – A longtime loop business owner will be recognized at the White House Tuesday. Lew Prince, co-owner of Vintage Vinyl, is being honored for his work to raise awareness about increasing the minimum wage.

Prince says with a few exceptions, his employees have always earned more than the minimum wage.

He’ll be participating in panel discussions with other business owners on raising the minimum wage while in Washington, D.C.

See more

By Joel Connelly
Seattle Post Intelligencer, July 21, 2014

President Obama can’t get House Republicans to move on hiking the minimum wage, but he is honoring as “Champions of Change” a bevy of American activists who have fought for economic justice at the state and local level. ...

The White House is also honoring a prince of an employer. He is Lew Prince, co-owner of Vintage Vinyl in St. Louis, who is [a] leader of a group called Business for a Fair Minimum Wage.  He has traveled from Springfield to Washington, D.C., arguing for a higher...

By Dale Buss
Chief Executive, July 18 2014 

From coast to coast and at every level of government and enterprise, in the midst of a slow-growth economy, pressures understandably are rising for higher minimum wages in the hopes they would boost household finances and, ultimately, consumer spending. But will they? ...

A survey by an activist group supporting that effort, “Business for a Fair Minimum Wage,” reports that “small business owners with employees are strongly in favor of raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 and adjusting it to keep up with the cost of living in...

Guest Column By Ricardo McQueen. Mr. McQueen is a member-leader in Florida Main Street Alliance.
The Florida Squeeze, Small Business View, July 18, 2014

I have more than a decade of experience running a small business that provides health and safety audits, training, food industry certifications, and compliance assistance for hospitality, medical and environmental businesses. You could say I’m in the business of helping other businesses be better, and do better. And I believe when it comes to economic security issues for working families, like a higher minimum wage and Earned Sick Time, we all need...

By Bill Nemitz
Portland Press Herald, July 16, 2014

Today we celebrate one of the good guys. ...

[Jim] Wellehan, the longtime owner of Lamey-Wellehan Shoes, is the star of a two-minute video launched recently on social media by President Obama. ... A little context: The federal minimum wage currently is $7.25 per hour. Maine’s minimum, at $7.50 per hour, is barely better. If the Obama administration has its way, the federal minimum will increase in three steps to $10.10 per hour.

The average hourly wage among the 100 or so employees at Lamey Wellehan? Try $15...

By Jaeah Lee
Mother Jones, July 14, 2014

Last year, according to a new analysis from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), the CEOs of America's top 25 restaurant corporations, including McDonald's, Burger King, the Cheesecake Factory, Chipotle, and Jack in the Box, took home an average of 721 times the money minimum-wage workers did, and 194 times the take-home pay of the typical American worker in a production or nonsupervisory job. Restaurants and food services employ nearly half of all American workers who earn the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour (or less). ... CEO compensation at America's top...

By Paul J. Nyden
Charleston Gazette, July 12, 2014

... A poll conducted last month by the American Sustainable Business Council and Business for a Fair Minimum Wage found that 61 percent of small business owners support gradually increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour.

After the minimum wage reaches $10.10 an hour, a majority of respondents support adjusting minimum wages annually to keep up with increased costs of living.

Small business owners who participated in the poll backed raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by majorities of...

By Phyllis Smith
WDTV News 5 West Virginia, July 12, 2014

WATCH VIDEO

When it comes to raising the minimum wage, employees aren't the only ones who seem to want a boost. ... In fact, about 60% of small business owners think this's a good idea. Most of them said it would increase customer's spending power and help the economy. If their workers are getting paid more, they also think they'll be less turnover and more productivity. ...

See more

By Aimee Picchi
CBS MoneyWatch, July 11, 2014

When it comes to raising the minimum wage, employees aren't the only ones who want a boost - small-business owners want it as well.

Sixty-one percent of small-business owners with employees say they support increasing the baseline wage in three stages over two-and-a-half years and adjusting it after that to keep pace with increases in the cost of living. That's a finding in a new study from the American Sustainable Business Council and Business for a Fair Minimum Wage. ...

Most said boosting it would increase consumer purchasing...

By Bryce Covert
ThinkProgress, July 11,  2014

In a new national poll, 61 percent of small business owners with under 100 employees say they support gradually increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. ...

They supported increasing the wage, which has stayed at $7.25 an hour for five years, to $10.10 over two and a half years, and then letting it automatically rise as inflation rises. Just 35 percent opposed this proposal. ...

Read more

The Peorian, July 10, 2014

Small business owners strongly favor raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 and adjusting it to keep up with the cost of living in future years, according to a scientific national opinion poll released Thursday. Small business owners are considerably less partisan than Congress in weighing the issue. The federal minimum wage has been set at $7.25 since it was last increased five years ago in July, 2009.

A striking 61% of small business employers support increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10 in three stages over two and a half years...