Contact: Erin Musgrave
erin@emccommunications.com, 530-864-7014
June 22, 2026 — Business owners are welcoming the minimum wage increases taking effect July 1 in Alaska, Oregon, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Maryland and elsewhere. They point to increased consumer spending, lower employee turnover, increased productivity and better customer...
Contact: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, 601-832-6079
March 10, 2026 — Today, business owners are supporting new legislation to gradually raise New York City’s minimum wage. Aaron Seyedian, owner of Well-Paid Maids, a cleaning company with employees in New York City, joined Council Member Sandy Nurse...
CONTACT: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, (601) 832-6079
Dec. 10, 2025—Nineteen states will raise their minimum wage on New Year’s Day to ring in 2026. Three other states and the District of Columbia have increases scheduled later in the year. Business owners across the country are...
CONTACT: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, (601) 832-6079
July 17, 2025 —July 24 will mark sixteen years without a federal minimum wage increase, the longest period by far without a raise since the federal minimum wage was enacted in 1938. The $7.25 hourly federal minimum...
CONTACT: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, (601) 832-6079
June 23, 2025 — On July 1, Alaska’s minimum wage will increase from $11.91 to $13 and workers will begin accruing paid sick time in accordance with Ballot Measure 1, passed by voters in November. Business owners across...
CONTACT: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, (601) 832-6079
June 23, 2025 — Business owners are welcoming the minimum wage increases taking effect July 1 in Alaska, Oregon, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Montgomery County, Maryland and elsewhere. Business owners in Alaska are also welcoming the start of paid...
CONTACT: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, (601) 832-6079
April 29, 2025 — Missouri business owners are welcoming today’s Supreme Court’s decision upholding Proposition A, preserving paid sick leave, which takes effect Thursday, May 1, and the minimum wage increases approved by Missouri voters last November. A...
CONTACT: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, (601) 832-6079
March 11, 2025 -- As the Missouri Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments tomorrow in a case challenging last year’s ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage and enable workers to earn paid sick leave, a group...
CONTACT: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, (601) 832-6079
Dec. 12, 2024—Twenty-one states will raise their minimum wage on New Year’s Day as the calendar turns to 2025. Two other states and the District of Columbia have increases scheduled later in the year. Business owners across the...
CONTACT: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, (601) 832-6079
Nov. 5, 2024 — Missouri business owners are applauding the passage of Proposition A, saying raising the minimum wage and enabling workers to earn paid sick days will boost consumer spending and strengthen Missouri’s workforce and businesses. Proposition...
CONTACT: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, (601) 832-6079
Nov. 5, 2024 — Alaska business owners are praising the approval of Ballot Measure 1, saying raising the minimum wage and enabling workers to earn paid sick days will boost consumer spending and strengthen Alaska’s workforce, businesses and...
CONTACT: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, (601) 832-6079
Oct. 21, 2024 — As early voting begins tomorrow in Missouri, more than 500 businesses in the Missouri Business for a Healthy Economy coalition urge passage of Proposition A. They say that raising the minimum wage to $15...
CONTACT: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, (601) 832-6079
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 5, 2024 — Today, Alaska Business for Better Jobs, a new and growing coalition with more than 120 Alaska businesses and business organizations to date, announced support for Ballot Measure 1. Alaska Business for Better Jobs...
CONTACT: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, (601) 832-6079
Aug. 13, 2024 —Missouri business owners welcomed today’s Secretary of State announcement that Proposition A to raise the minimum wage and enable workers to earn paid sick time has qualified for the November ballot. The business owners are part...
Contact: Blake Case
blake@emccommunications.com, (601) 832-6079
July 18, 2024—July 24 will mark fifteen years since the last federal minimum wage increase in 2009. This is the longest period by far without a raise since the minimum wage was enacted in 1938. The...