Chicago Sun Times: Lew Prince, Paying fair wage helped business
Op-Ed By Lew Prince
Chicago Sun Times, Aug 22, 2013
My life is a tribute to the American Dream. My business partner and I started with 300 record albums and a $20 booth at the local farmers market. That was nearly 34 years ago. Vintage Vinyl has grown into a multimillion-dollar company with 23 employees. Based in St. Louis, we stage 150 in-store concerts a year and are the largest independent music store in the Midwest.
We built our business on wages above the minimum. This has given us long-term employees devoted to our company...