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Hundreds of Business Leaders Back $15 Federal Minimum Wage; Small Business Owner Testifies Before Congressional Hearing

Business for a Fair Minimum Wage launches new sign-on statement with more than 200 inaugural business supporters of raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024

Contact:
 Erin Musgrave, (530) 864-7014, erin@emcstrategies.com

Washington, D.C., Feb. 7, 2019 — Business owner Kathy Eckhouse, owner of La Quercia in Iowa, will testify today in support of the Raise the Wage Act of 2019, a bill that would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024, before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor. Eckhouse is one of more than 200 inaugural signers of the new Business for a Fair Minimum Wage statement supporting raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024. Business owners and executives from across the country continue to sign on daily.

Governor Joins Leading N.J. Manufacturer to Support $15 State Minimum Wage

CONTACT:
Conan Knoll, 831-524-6764, conan@emcstrategies.com

Parsippany, N.J., Dec. 11, 2018 – Gov. Phil Murphy today joined Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, the president and CEO of Earth Friendly Products®, maker of more than 200 ECOS® brand green cleaning products, at the company’s Parsippany manufacturing plant to support a $15 state minimum wage and demonstrate how the company’s investment in its employees is fundamental to its long-term business success.

Business Owners Across Missouri Applaud Passage of Prop B to Raise Minimum Wage

CONTACT:

Erin Musgrave, (530) 864-7014, erin@emcstrategies.com
Bob Keener, (617) 610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org

More than 700 business owners in Missouri Business for a Fair Minimum Wage coalition supporting Proposition B, the initiative to raise Missouri’s minimum wage

Nov. 6, 2018 —Missouri business owners celebrated tonight’s passage of Proposition B, the ballot initiative that will raise the minimum wage to $12 by 2023, because it will be good for businesses and the state economy.

Arkansas Business Owners Applaud Passage of Issue 5 to Raise the Minimum Wage

CONTACT:

Erin Musgrave, (530) 864-7014, erin@emcstrategies.com
Bob Keener, (617) 610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org

Nov. 6, 2018 —Arkansas business owners today celebrated the passage of Issue 5, the ballot initiative that will raise the minimum wage to $11 by 2021. Business owners say raising the minimum wage will help workers afford the basics, boost consumer spending, lower employee turnover, reduce hiring and training costs, increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction, and strengthen the economy.

Red State Business Owners Support Minimum Wage Ballot Initiatives in Advance of Nov. 6 Election

CONTACT:
 Erin Musgrave, (530) 864-7014, erin@emcstrategies.com
Bob Keener, (617) 610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org

Nov. 5, 2018 —Business owners are speaking out in support of raising the minimum wage in two red states where minimum wage initiatives are on the ballot Tuesday. Business owners in Arkansas and Missouri—where about 700 business owners have signed a statement supporting the Show Me State’s Proposition B—are supporting the ballot initiatives because they believe it will be good for businesses and the economy in their states.

St. Louis Business Owners Post Window Signs Showing Their Support for Prop B on Nov. 6 Ballot

Contact: Erin Musgrave, 530-864-7014, erin@emcstrategies.com

Alderwoman Cara Spencer, Rep. Bruce Franks, Jr. and Alderman Dan Guenther joined business owners at a press conference Thursday to discuss why raising the minimum wage will be good for businesses and the economy

Oct. 25, 2018, St. Louis – Today St. Louis business owners demonstrated their support for Proposition B, the ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage, by proudly displaying “This Business Supports Prop B” window signs in their businesses and holding a press conference with elected officials to discuss why raising the minimum wage to $12 by 2023 will be good for business.

Arkansas Business Owners Back Issue 5 as Court Determines Minimum Wage Initiative Stays on Ballot

Arkansas business owners and the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce speak in support of Issue 5, the minimum wage initiative that today cleared a final hurdle to appear on the November ballot, because increasing wages will be good for businesses and the economy

CONTACT:
 Erin Musgrave, (530) 864-7014, erin@emcstrategies.com

Little Rock, Oct. 18, 2018 — Arkansas business owners and the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce are speaking out today in support of raising the minimum wage as the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled to keep Issue 5 on the November ballot. Issue 5 would gradually raise Arkansas’ current minimum wage of $8.50 an hour to $9.25 on Jan. 1, 2019, $10 in 2020, and $11 in 2021.

Business Support Grows for Raising Missouri Minimum Wage: More than 400 Business Owners Endorse Statement Backing Prop B

CONTACT: Erin Musgrave, erin@emcstrategies.com, (530) 864-7014

St. Louis, Sept. 13, 2018 — More than 400 business owners and executives across the state have signed the Missouri Business for a Fair Minimum Wage statement supporting Proposition B—an initiative on the November ballot that will gradually raise Missouri’s minimum wage to $12 by 2023. Business leaders continue to sign on regularly because, as the statement says, they support “raising Missouri’s minimum wage because it’s good for business, customers and our local economy.”

Missouri Businesses Support $12 Minimum Wage as Secretary of State Certifies Proposition B for the November Ballot

CONTACT: Erin Musgrave, (530) 864-7014, erin@emcstrategies.com
Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 2, 2018 [Updated] — Missouri business owners are speaking in support of raising the minimum wage to $12 as Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft certified signatures today to put Proposition B on the November ballot. More than 350 Missouri business leaders have already endorsed Missouri Business for a Fair Minimum Wage’s statement supporting raising the minimum wage to $12 by 2023 because it will boost consumer spending, strengthen the economy, reduce employee turnover, increase productivity, improve customer service, and level the playing field among businesses.