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
By Katie V. Jones
Baltimore Sun, Dec. 14, 2021
A week after the County Council passed the legislation, County Executive Calvin Ball put his signature on a bill that will raise the minimum wage in the county to $16 ... The minimum wage increase will be phased in during the next five years. ...
By Russell Huebsch
Houston Chronicle Newsletter, Dec 7, 2021
... People who oppose the minimum wage believe that requiring employers to pay mandated government wages forces employers to raise prices and cut staff. On its face, this doesn’t make sense. If employers can raise prices at any time without pricing themselves out of business, why would they have been selling their products for less than what they could have been charging all this time? And why would employers be hiring staff they didn’t need and could cut in response to a wage increase?
By Mandy Wolf Detwiler
Fast Casual, Nov. 12, 2021
... The obstacles related to staff recruitment retention and technologies that can ease the staffing pains were the focus of a panel talk ... at the recent Fast Casual Executive Summit held in Charlotte North Carolina. ...Panelists included Andy Hooper, president of &pizza, Eric Ersher, founder of Zoup! Eatery and John Pepper, founder of Boloco. ...
By Kim Dacey
WBAL TV, Nov 2, 2021
Some council members in Howard County are introducing legislation Monday night to raise the minimum wage to make it the highest in the state. ... It’s a move that council members said would affect 40,000 workers in Howard County.
By Kim Daley and Scott Wycoff, reporting
WBAL News Radio, Nov 1, 2021
Some council members in Howard County are introducing legislation Monday night to raise the minimum wage to make it the highest in the state.
The bill would eventually raise the minimum wage in Howard County to $16 per hour over the next several years. ...
By Ben Casselman
New York Times, Oct. 19, 2021, Updated Nov. 3, 2021
Fall was meant to mark the beginning of the end of the labor shortage that has held back the nation’s economic recovery. ...
Some businesses are already changing how they operate. When Karter Louis opened his latest restaurant this year, he abandoned the industry-standard approach to staffing, with kitchen workers earning low wages and waiters relying on tips.
NorthcentralPA.com, Oct 18, 2021
Willow Grove, Pa. -- Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jennifer Berrier was joined by Senator Art Haywood, Representative Ben Sanchez, the CEO/founder of &pizza and its employees in Willow Grove to urge for an increase in what they call "Pennsylvania's archaic minimum wage" to help workers earn a more fair, livable wage in today's economy. ...
&pizza said it pays its workers a livable hourly salary in addition to tips. ...
By Hadas Kuznits
KYW News Radio (PA), Oct 14, 2021
Kelly Maguire, shop lead at &pizza restaurant in Willow Grove, said being paid $15 an hour has changed her life for the better. ...
“Just being able to come into work — and that’s all you have to worry about, is just working and getting that job done instead of all the 50 other things that are at home,” she said.
Jennifer Berrier, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, hopes other businesses follow suit.
CBS3, Oct 14, 2021
Governor Tom Wolf’s administration is joining forces with a pizza chain owner in the call for raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage. Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Labor and Industry visited &pizza in Willow Grove on Thursday.
Michael Lastoria, who owns &pizza, said an increased wage is critical to keeping people in the food service industry – and keeping them happy.
Florida Channel, Capitol Update, Oct 3, 2021
... Rick Nesbit, President of Alta Systems: "Happy employees make happy customers. ... We're still extremely competitive in the marketplace. With engaged, loyal, happy employees your efficiencies go through the roof." ...
By Joe Henderson
Florida Politics, Oct 3, 2021
... It’s a shame it took a constitutional amendment to make this happen, but Florida built its economy on the backs of low-paid workers who made their employers rich. It’s past time to even the scales.
Some owners get it, though.
Bay News 9 reported on the co-owner of the Disco Dolls, a clothing store, hair salon, and art gallery based in Tampa.
Yahoo Finance, Sep 30, 2021
Jared Meyers, Owner of Legacy Vacation Resorts & Tony’s Bar & Grill, joins Yahoo Finance to discuss the minimum wage increase in Florida, outlook on price inflations, and supply chain bottlenecks.
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By Mitch Perry
Spectrum Bay News 9, Sep 30, 2021
Florida’s minimum wage increased Thursday from $8.65 an hour to $10 – the first step towards an eventual $15 an hour minimum wage in 2026. The increase comes via a constitutional amendment passed by more than 61 percent of Floridians in 2020.
Business groups such as the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association opposed the measure, but there are small businesses owners who support the increase.
By Anne Geggis
Florida Politics, Sep 30, 2021
Minimum wage workers are getting a 15% raise Thursday when Amendment 2 begins taking effect. ...
Richard Nesbit, the owner of Alta Systems in Gainesville, a communications business, said he believes that fairly paid workers make better workers.
By Issac Morgan
Florida Phoenix, Sep 29, 2021
Workers in Florida earning minimum wage will see a significant bump in pay on Thursday – from $8.65 to $10 an hour – the first phase of a wage hike connected to a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2020. ...
Danielle Ferrari is the owner of a clothing store called Valhalla Resale in Tampa. As a small business owner, Ferrari told the Florida Phoenix in a phone conversation that the wage increase will “stimulate our community.”