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 $15 by 2024. It’s good for business, good for customers and good for our economy. Workers are also customers... Read more
Signers include • &pizza • Stonyfield • Eileen Fisher • Parnassus • ECOS • Room & Board • Zingerman's • Dr. Bronner's • Made in KC • NRS • and Over 1,300 Signers To Date • Statement sponsored by Business for a Fair Minimum Wage.
Op-Ed By Holly Sklar, CEO, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage
... Some people say we can’t raise the minimum wage now because times are hard. Well, if we hadn’t raised the minimum wage in hard times, we wouldn’t have a minimum wage to begin with. ...
As business leaders, we support gradually raising Florida’s minimum wage to $15 by September 2026. ... We can’t build a shared recovery on a minimum wage that’s too low to live on. ... Raising the minimum wage ... boosts the consumer buying power that businesses depend on to survive and grow – a purpose of the minimum wage since it was first enacted to help us recover from the Great Depression.... Read More. Businesses SIGN Here.
Op-Ed By Ashraf Hijaz, Owner, Beauty & Beyond
... During my nearly 20 years in business, I’ve learned a key lesson: When people make more money, they spend more money, and that’s good for business. ...
Op-Ed By Victoria McCoy, Owner, Glamystique Hair Salon
My business isn’t just a bottom-line operation, it’s my community. And like my business, my community could use the economic boost that would come from raising the minimum wage statewide to $15 an hour. ...
Op-Ed By Ward Tefft, Owner, Chop Suey Books
... There is simply no more direct and rapid way to boost consumer spending and strengthen Virginia’s business environment than to raise the minimum wage statewide. ...
Here's a sampler of restaurant owner perspectives on fair minimum wages for all workers, including tipped workers...
Op-Ed By Holly Sklar, CEO, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage
There are a lot of records that would be great to break. This isn’t one of them: June 16 marks the longest period in history without an increase since the federal minimum wage was established in 1938. ...
Op-Ed By Chris Lu, Former Dep Labor Secretary
... I met with owners of both large and small businesses who explained that higher wages improve employee recruitment and retention, productivity and customer service. ...
Op-Ed By Michael Lastoria, Co-founder and CEO, &pizza
This month, workers earning the minimum wage in Washington, D.C. got a 75-cent increase to their hourly wage, going from $13.25 to $14, and they’ll get to $15 next year. It’s an increase that’s long overdue. I say that as a business owner....
Op-Ed By Howard Hanna, Owner, The Rieger
... Two things are clear: First, the minimum wage hasn’t kept up with the cost of living ... And second, paying higher wages has real bottom-line business benefits. ...
Op-Ed By Richard Lawton, Small Business Owner and Executive Director, New Jersey Sustainable Business Council
... Raise the minimum wage and you create a virtuous cycle: increase consumer demand, decrease the number of working people who must rely on taxpayer subsidies, and level the playing field among businesses. ...
Extensive research refutes the claim that increasing the minimum wage causes increased unemployment and business closures.
Here's a sampler of restaurant owner perspectives on fair minimum wages for all workers, including tipped workers...
Op-Ed By Michael Lastoria, Co-founder and CEO, &pizza
This month, workers earning the minimum wage in Washington, D.C. got a 75-cent increase to their hourly wage, going from $13.25 to $14, and they’ll get to $15 next year. It’s an increase that’s long overdue. I say that as a business owner....
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 Michael Kanter, Owner, Cambridge Naturals
...My daughter Emily and I give a seminar called “Stand Out Or Watch Out: How to Be Extraordinary in a Competitive Retail Environment.” One of the key points we make is how vital it is to create a business culture that motivates your staff and keeps customers coming in your doors. ...
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.
Extensive research refutes the claim that increasing the minimum wage causes increased unemployment and business closures.
Op-Ed By Brian England, Owner, BA Auto Care
... What we’ve paid in higher compensation, we have more than reaped in long-term loyalty, low turnover, high numbers of return customers and referrals, and consistent growth. ...
As business leaders, we support gradually raising Florida’s minimum wage to $15 by September 2026. ... We can’t build a shared recovery on a minimum wage that’s too low to live on. ... Raising the minimum wage ... boosts the consumer buying power that businesses depend on to survive and grow – a purpose of the minimum wage since it was first enacted to help us recover from the Great Depression.... Read More. Businesses SIGN Here.
Op-Ed By Holly Sklar, CEO, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage
... Some people say we can’t raise the minimum wage now because times are hard. Well, if we hadn’t raised the minimum wage in hard times, we wouldn’t have a minimum wage to begin with. ...
Op-Ed By Ashraf Hijaz, Owner, Beauty & Beyond
... During my nearly 20 years in business, I’ve learned a key lesson: When people make more money, they spend more money, and that’s good for business. ...
Op-Ed By Victoria McCoy, Owner, Glamystique Hair Salon
My business isn’t just a bottom-line operation, it’s my community. And like my business, my community could use the economic boost that would come from raising the minimum wage statewide to $15 an hour. ...
Op-Ed By Ward Tefft, Owner, Chop Suey Books
... There is simply no more direct and rapid way to boost consumer spending and strengthen Virginia’s business environment than to raise the minimum wage statewide. ...
Op-Ed By Holly Sklar, CEO, Business for a Fair Minimum Wage
There are a lot of records that would be great to break. This isn’t one of them: June 16 marks the longest period in history without an increase since the federal minimum wage was established in 1938. ...
Op-Ed By Chris Lu, Former Dep Labor Secretary
... I met with owners of both large and small businesses who explained that higher wages improve employee recruitment and retention, productivity and customer service. ...
Op-Ed By Howard Hanna, Owner, The Rieger
... Two things are clear: First, the minimum wage hasn’t kept up with the cost of living ... And second, paying higher wages has real bottom-line business benefits. ...
Op-Ed By Richard Lawton, Small Business Owner and Executive Director, New Jersey Sustainable Business Council
... Raise the minimum wage and you create a virtuous cycle: increase consumer demand, decrease the number of working people who must rely on taxpayer subsidies, and level the playing field among businesses. ...
Op-Ed By Blake Ralston, Owner, Ralston Agency
... Raising the minimum wage is an important type of insurance for businesses as well as workers. ...
Rebecca Hamilton, Family Owner
Badger Balm
Anne O'Connor, Director of Public Affairs
Organic Valley
