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...

Say Higher Minimum Will Benefit Businesses and Local Economy

For Immediate Release: November 5, 2013
Contact: Bob Keener, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org, 617-610-6766
Corinne Horowitz, NJ Main Street Alliance, Corinne@njcitizenaction.org, 609-937-1168

NEWARK – Business leaders in New Jersey applaud the passage of...

Minimum Wage on the New Jersey Ballot Nov 5

Contact: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Corinne Horowitz, NJ Main Street Alliance, 609-937-1168, Corinne@njcitizenaction.org 

Highland Park, NJ (October 29, 2013) – One week out from the election, small business owners from across New Jersey are voicing...