A national network of business owners and executives who
believe a fair minimum wage makes good business sense
Business for a Fair Minimum Wage is a national network of business owners and executives who believe a fair minimum wage makes good business sense
As business owners and executives, we support gradually raising the federal minimum wage to at least $12 by 2020. It’s good for business, customers and our economy. Today’s outdated minimum has far less buying power... Read more
Current signers include • Ben & Jerry's • &pizza • Stonyfield • Eileen Fisher • New Belgium Brewing • Dr. Bronner's • Zingerman's • Wetzel's Pretzels • and Over 1,000 MORE • Statement sponsored by Business for a Fair Minimum Wage.
Op-Ed By Holly Sklar, CEO, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage
...In February 1968, the federal minimum wage increased to $1.60 an hour, giving minimum wage workers what would turn out to be the highest level of purchasing power they would enjoy for the next 50 years. ...
As business owners and executives, we support gradually raising the Massachusetts minimum wage. It’s good for business, customers and ... Read More & SIGN. Over 250 Signers to date
See Sampler of business support for raising minimum wages to $15 at the federal, state and local level.
...We support gradually raising Missouri’s minimum wage because it’s good for business, customers and our local economy. Today’s minimum wage ... Read More & SIGN. Over 200 Signers to date
Op-Ed By Chris Lu
As the Deputy Secretary of Labor, I saw not only how higher wages lifted up the lives of working-class Americans but also how employers thrived when they paid higher wages. ...
...We support gradually raising Maryland's minimum wage. It’s good for business, customers and our economy. Workers are also customers..... Read More & SIGN
Op-Ed By John Traynor, Owner, Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center, The Kitchen & Gallery Bar
Pennsylvania's minimum wage is stuck in the past and that's bad for business. ...
Op-Ed By Holly Sklar, CEO, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage
Businesses depend on customers who can afford to buy what they are selling. When millions of workers can’t make ends meet because their wages haven’t kept up with the cost of living, it hurts business and it hurts the economy. ... A higher minimum wage makes good economic sense in other ways too. ...
Op-Ed By Robert Olson, Owner, Olson & Associates, Illinois
People are at the heart of our business — from our employees to our customers. ...Raising the minimum wage will help us restore the fading American Dream for both workers and businesses...
Op-Ed By Edwin Zoe, Owner, Zoe Ma Ma Restaurants
Raising the minimum wage will reward work, encourage self-reliance, and strengthen the free market by expecting businesses to compete fairly and not count on taxpayers to subsidize them. ... It's good business and good government. ...
Op-Ed By Andrew Buerger, Founder, B'More Organic
As our company name, B’More Organic, will tell you, we’re invested in Baltimore’s success. That’s why I recently took time to testify before the Baltimore City Council in favor of gradually raising our city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. ...
Op-Ed By Pierce Powers, Owner, Lona's Lil Eats
My wife and I own a local restaurant, and we are very pleased that the Missouri Supreme Court ruling means that the city of St. Louis can finally implement the minimum wage increases passed in 2015. Raising the minimum wage is good business and good ethics. ...
Extensive research refutes the claim that increasing the minimum wage causes increased unemployment and business closures.
Op-Ed By Bill Phelps, CEO, Wetzel’s Pretzels
... I’d like to give my business perspective and look at the real impact of minimum wage increases. ... Workers in California and other states are looking forward to consistent pay increases in the future. And I’m looking forward to continued growth for our business. ...
Op-Ed By Angela O’Byrne, President, Perez APC; Louisiana Small Business Person of the Year
Building a successful business is not unlike building a physical structure. ... You have to start with a solid foundation. A business’s foundation is its employees. ...
Op-Ed By Jerome Dodson, President, Parnassus
We’ve found that firms with ethical business practices, coupled with good products or services, quality management and sustainable competitive advantages offer the most attractive opportunities for investment. Companies that do right by their employees and their communities fare better.
Michael Kanter, Co-Owner and President
Cambridge Naturals, Massachusetts
Anne O'Connor, Director of Public Affairs
Organic Valley
Rebecca Hamilton, Family Owner
Badger Balm
...We support gradually raising Missouri’s minimum wage because it’s good for business, customers and our local economy. Today’s minimum wage ... Read More & SIGN. Over 200 Signers to date
...We support gradually raising Maryland's minimum wage. It’s good for business, customers and our economy. Workers are also customers..... Read More & SIGN
See Sampler of business support for raising minimum wages to $15 at the federal, state and local level.
Op-Ed By Pierce Powers, Owner, Lona's Lil Eats
My wife and I own a local restaurant, and we are very pleased that the Missouri Supreme Court ruling means that the city of St. Louis can finally implement the minimum wage increases passed in 2015. Raising the minimum wage is good business and good ethics. ...
Extensive research refutes the claim that increasing the minimum wage causes increased unemployment and business closures.
Op-Ed By Jerome Dodson, President, Parnassus
We’ve found that firms with ethical business practices, coupled with good products or services, quality management and sustainable competitive advantages offer the most attractive opportunities for investment. Companies that do right by their employees and their communities fare better.
Michael Kanter, Co-Owner and President
Cambridge Naturals, Massachusetts
Op-Ed By Bill Phelps, CEO, Wetzel’s Pretzels
... I’d like to give my business perspective and look at the real impact of minimum wage increases. ... Workers in California and other states are looking forward to consistent pay increases in the future. And I’m looking forward to continued growth for our business. ...
As business owners and executives, we support gradually increasing Colorado’s $8.31 minimum wage, first to $9.30 on January 1, 2017 and then by 90 cents a year until it reaches $12 in January 2020. It’s good for business, customers and our local economy ... Read More, See Signers List
Eric Hanks, Sales Manager
Earth Friendly Products (Makers of ECOS)
As business owners and executives, we support gradually raising the Massachusetts minimum wage. It’s good for business, customers and ... Read More & SIGN. Over 250 Signers to date
Op-Ed By Holly Sklar, CEO, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage
...In February 1968, the federal minimum wage increased to $1.60 an hour, giving minimum wage workers what would turn out to be the highest level of purchasing power they would enjoy for the next 50 years. ...
Op-Ed By Chris Lu
As the Deputy Secretary of Labor, I saw not only how higher wages lifted up the lives of working-class Americans but also how employers thrived when they paid higher wages. ...
Op-Ed By John Traynor, Owner, Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center, The Kitchen & Gallery Bar
Pennsylvania's minimum wage is stuck in the past and that's bad for business. ...
Op-Ed By Holly Sklar, CEO, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage
Businesses depend on customers who can afford to buy what they are selling. When millions of workers can’t make ends meet because their wages haven’t kept up with the cost of living, it hurts business and it hurts the economy. ... A higher minimum wage makes good economic sense in other ways too. ...
Op-Ed By Robert Olson, Owner, Olson & Associates, Illinois
People are at the heart of our business — from our employees to our customers. ...Raising the minimum wage will help us restore the fading American Dream for both workers and businesses...
Op-Ed By Edwin Zoe, Owner, Zoe Ma Ma Restaurants
Raising the minimum wage will reward work, encourage self-reliance, and strengthen the free market by expecting businesses to compete fairly and not count on taxpayers to subsidize them. ... It's good business and good government. ...
Op-Ed By Andrew Buerger, Founder, B'More Organic
As our company name, B’More Organic, will tell you, we’re invested in Baltimore’s success. That’s why I recently took time to testify before the Baltimore City Council in favor of gradually raising our city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. ...
Op-Ed By Angela O’Byrne, President, Perez APC; Louisiana Small Business Person of the Year
Building a successful business is not unlike building a physical structure. ... You have to start with a solid foundation. A business’s foundation is its employees. ...
Rebecca Hamilton, Family Owner
Badger Balm
Kyle Garner, CEO
Organic India USA, Colorado
Anne O'Connor, Director of Public Affairs
Organic Valley
