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
Inaugural signers include • &pizza • Stonyfield • Eileen Fisher • Parnassus • ECOS • Room & Board • Zingerman's • Dr. Bronner's • 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. ...
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. ...
SUMMARY: The minimum wage sets the wage floor across Virginia. It’s currently too low to provide a solid floor for businesses, the workforce and the economy. A minimum wage increase should be phased in statewide, as passed by the House in HB 395, raising the rate to $15 by 2025. The amended bill passed in the Senate, SB 7, would introduce needless complexity and growing inequity into minimum wage law by breaking Virginia’s statewide minimum wage into regional minimum wages. ...
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 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....
Here's a sampler of restaurant owner perspectives on fair minimum wages for all workers, including tipped workers...
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 Ned Atwater, Owner, Atwater's
... We’ve grown to six restaurant/bakeries, a catering team and a small working farm ... We support raising Maryland’s minimum wage to $15 ...
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. ...
...We support gradually raising Maryland's minimum wage. It’s good for business, customers and our economy. Workers are also customers..... Read More
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 Joe Edwards, Owner, Blueberry Hill restaurant, Moonrise Hotel & other businesses
... The increased spending that comes with better wages kicks off a virtuous economic cycle that leads to business growth and investment and, ultimately, more and better jobs. ...
Extensive research refutes the claim that increasing the minimum wage causes increased unemployment and business closures.
SUMMARY: The minimum wage sets the wage floor across Virginia. It’s currently too low to provide a solid floor for businesses, the workforce and the economy. A minimum wage increase should be phased in statewide, as passed by the House in HB 395, raising the rate to $15 by 2025. The amended bill passed in the Senate, SB 7, would introduce needless complexity and growing inequity into minimum wage law by breaking Virginia’s statewide minimum wage into regional minimum wages. ...
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 Ned Atwater, Owner, Atwater's
... We’ve grown to six restaurant/bakeries, a catering team and a small working farm ... We support raising Maryland’s minimum wage to $15 ...
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.
Kyle Garner, CEO
Organic India USA, Colorado
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. ...
Here's a sampler of restaurant owner perspectives on fair minimum wages for all workers, including tipped workers...
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 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. ...
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
Op-Ed By Joe Edwards, Owner, Blueberry Hill restaurant, Moonrise Hotel & other businesses
... The increased spending that comes with better wages kicks off a virtuous economic cycle that leads to business growth and investment and, ultimately, more and better jobs. ...
...We support gradually raising Maryland's minimum wage. It’s good for business, customers and our economy. Workers are also customers..... Read More
...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. Over 700 Signers
As business owners and executives, we support gradually raising the Massachusetts minimum wage. It’s good for business, customers and ... Read More. More than 300 Signers
Anne O'Connor, Director of Public Affairs
Organic Valley
