CONTACT: Bob Keener,617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
WASHINGTON DC, April 30, 2014 – Today, Senators who voted against advancing a bill to raise the minimum wage were not reflecting the views of the American people who polls show strongly support a raise nor the views of businesses large and...
Business Owners Speak at Capitol Hill Event with Senators Harkin, Blumenthal and Stabenow and Deliver Signatures to Senate Offices
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org.
WASHINGTON DC, April 29, 2014 – Business owners delivered a statement with nearly 1,000 initial business signers nationwide and...
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Annapolis, April 7, 2014 – Business owners across Maryland applaud the minimum wage increase to $10.10, which passed the General Assembly today. More than 180 business organizations and owners have signed the Maryland Business for a Fair Minimum Wage statement...
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Representing Many More Businesses Across the Country Who Support Minimum Wage Hike
WASHINGTON DC, April 3, 2014 – Representing a large and growing number of businesses nationwide who support a minimum wage increase, Gina Schaefer, owner of nine Ace Hardware stores in...
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Ann Arbor, MI, April 2, 2014 – Highlighting strong and growing business support for increasing the minimum wage, Zingerman’s owner Paul Saginaw hosted President Obama for lunch and then attended the speech calling for a raise in the minimum wage. Saginaw...
Business Owners Speak at Press Conference with Senators Casey, Booker, Blumenthal and Markey
Contact Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Washington, DC, March 27, 2014 – Highlighting strong business support for increasing the minimum wage, a Senate press conference today featured speeches by business owners who...
Contact: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
BOSTON, March 13, 2014 – Massachusetts business owners joined U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez at a Cambridge retail store today for a roundtable discussion on the business and economic reasons for increasing the minimum wage in the...
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Annapolis, March 7, 2014 – Leaders of Maryland businesses and business organizations applaud the House of Delegates for passing a minimum wage raise and encourage the Senate to follow suit. “Raising Maryland’s minimum wage makes good business sense,” more than 175 Maryland businesses and business organizations say in the Maryland Business for a Fair Minimum Wage statement.
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Washington DC, February 26, 2014 – Today, business leaders joined Democratic Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Reps. Steny Hoyer, James Clyburn, Rosa DeLauro and George Miller, lead sponsor of the Fair Minimum Wage Act, to call for Congress to approve...
From Costco, Dansko, Eileen Fisher and New Belgium Brewing to Small Businesses Nationwide, Business Leaders Say Minimum Wage Increase Good for Business
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 12, 2014
Contact: Bob Keener, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org, 617-610-6766
Washington DC – Business for a Fair Minimum Wage members are...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2014
Contact: Bob Keener, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org, 617-610-6766
Washington DC – From big brands like Costco, Dansko footwear, New Belgium Brewing and EILEEN FISHER to small businesses around the nation, business leaders say President Obama is right to call for raising the...
Strong Business Support For Minimum Wage Hike in Advance of State of the Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 23, 2014
Contact: Bob Keener, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org, 617-610-6766
Washington DC – Business owners from across the country and a wide spectrum of industries met today with US Secretary...
For Immediate Release: November 19, 2013
Contact: Bob Keener, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org, 617-610-6766
BOSTON – Business owners support Senate legislation to raise the Massachusetts minimum wage for the first time since 2008. They believe that gradually increasing the minimum wage from its current $8 per hour to $11...
Action underway or expected in Arkansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota and other states
For Immediate Release: November 6, 2013
Contact: Bob Keener, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org, 617-610-6766
Business leaders applauded as New Jersey strongly approved a minimum wage increase and called for more action at the state...
For Immediate Release: November 5, 2013
Contact: Bob Keener, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org, 617-610-6766
Business leaders applauded as New Jersey strongly approved a minimum wage increase and called for more action at the state and federal level. “Voters have given New Jersey a raise, boosting businesses and workers...