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 Scott Fuhrman
Miami Herald, Oct 23, 2020
People have been at the heart of Lakewood's success since the beginning, when we sold fresh fruit and juices out of a small warehouse in Allapattah to hotels on Miami Beach. Now, we are the nation's largest family-owned and operated organic juice company. We're still following a people- centered business model.
By McKenna Schuler
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Oct 21, 2020
... Amendment 2: Vote Yes
Southwest Florida Business Today, Oct 19, 2020
As early voting begins across Florida today, business owners and executives in the growing Florida Business for a Fair Minimum Wage coalition are supporting Amendment 2, which would gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2026.
Op-Ed By Jared Meyers, Owner, Legacy Vacation Resorts and Salt Palm Development
People are at the center of the hospitality business. How we treat people matters every day — from our employees to our community to our guests. ...
By Daniel Figueroa IV
WMNF 88.5 (Tampa), Oct 14, 2020
A new poll from St. Leo University shows growing support for Amendment 2, to raise Florida’s minimum wage.
Tampa’s own Disco Dolls Studio recently signed on to join Florida Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, but have believed in the cause for years.
By Gary Fineout
POLITICO Florida Playbook, Oct 13, 2020
... CAMPAIGN ROUNDUP — … A new coalition of more than 100 Florida business owners and executives calling itself Florida Business for a Fair Minimum Wage has signed on in support of Amendment 2, the proposed citizen initiative to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. ...
Op-Ed By Satchel Raye, Owner, Satchel's Pizza
... Paying a living wage is good for everyone. That’s why I support ballot Amendment 2 to raise Florida’s minimum wage. ...
By Megan Cruz and Adam Poulisse
WFTV9 ABC (Orlando), Oct 7, 2020
WATCH VIDEO with Jared Meyers, Owner, Legacy Vacation Resorts
By Jennifer Holton
FOX 13 News (Tampa), Oct 7, 2020
... Danielle Ferrari, who owns Valhalla Resale in Tampa, supports the amendment.
“Right now our minimum wage in Florida is set at a poverty rate, and the right thing to do is to pay people a fair wage for the work that they do.”
Ferrari disagrees with Horne’s notion that the increase would drive prices up.
“When our communities are raised up from poverty, sales for local businesses will have to go up.” ...
By Kirby Wilson
Tampa Bay Times, Sep. 23, 2020
Florida voters have the power to dramatically change the laws of the state on Nov. 3. Half a dozen constitutional amendments could permanently shape Florida policy ...
Amendment 2: Raising Florida’s Minimum Wage
... This ballot initiative would gradually raise the minimum wage in Florida to $15 per hour by 2026. Florida’s current minimum wage is $8.56 per hour, greater than the $7.25 federal minimum wage.
By Nancy Luna
Nation's Restaurant News, Sep 16, 2020
Minimum wage is meant to be a living wage, but falls short by a lot
By Andrew Bloomenthal
Investopedia, Aug 18, 2020
The federal minimum wage in the United States is $7.25. It is meant to be a living wage, but this isn't the case in practice. The hourly rate hasn’t kept up with the cost of living since the late 1960s. ...
In 1933, five years before the first minimum wage became law, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said: “By living wages, I mean more than a bare subsistence level. I mean the wages of a decent living." ...
By Andy Medici
Washington Business Journal, Aug 11, 2020
... Boloco co-founder John Pepper’s journey began as part of a business school project, eventually growing to 22 locations that he sold to a private equity firm before buying it back years later to save what remained of the ailing chain. Set up as a B Corporation that balances profits with social value, Pepper put most of the profits into paying employees and promoting from within.
By Joyce M. Rosenberg
Associated Press (AP), August 2, 2020
... Government coronavirus loans in the spring helped eating establishments rehire laid-off employees and ride out the pandemic’s initial surge and wave of shutdown orders.
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. ...