FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 12, 2014
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
BOSTON, MA – Massachusetts members of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, a Boston-based network of business owners and executives, testified before the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development in favor of...
Minimum Wage Increase Would Inject $33 Billion into the Economy, Increasing Consumer Purchasing Power
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2014
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
WASHINGTON DC – A groundbreaking new report and interactive map released by Oxfam America today shows the benefits in...
Contact: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Business Owners and Organization Leaders Attend Signing Ceremony
ANNAPOLIS, May 5, 2014 – Business owners across Maryland applaud the state minimum wage increase to $10.10, which was signed into law by Governor Martin O’Malley today. More than 180 business...
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...