FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 18, 2014
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
BOSTON, MA – Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, a Boston-based network of business owners, executives, and business groups, released a statement supporting the minimum wage increase passed by the MA House today. The...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 12, 2014
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
BOSTON, MA – Massachusetts members of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, a Boston-based network of business owners and executives, testified before the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development in favor of...
Minimum Wage Increase Would Inject $33 Billion into the Economy, Increasing Consumer Purchasing Power
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2014
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
WASHINGTON DC – A groundbreaking new report and interactive map released by Oxfam America today shows the benefits in...
Contact: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Business Owners and Organization Leaders Attend Signing Ceremony
ANNAPOLIS, May 5, 2014 – Business owners across Maryland applaud the state minimum wage increase to $10.10, which was signed into law by Governor Martin O’Malley today. More than 180 business...
CONTACT: Bob Keener,617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
WASHINGTON DC, April 30, 2014 – Today, Senators who voted against advancing a bill to raise the minimum wage were not reflecting the views of the American people who polls show strongly support a raise nor the views of businesses large and...
Business Owners Speak at Capitol Hill Event with Senators Harkin, Blumenthal and Stabenow and Deliver Signatures to Senate Offices
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org.
WASHINGTON DC, April 29, 2014 – Business owners delivered a statement with nearly 1,000 initial business signers nationwide and...
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Annapolis, April 7, 2014 – Business owners across Maryland applaud the minimum wage increase to $10.10, which passed the General Assembly today. More than 180 business organizations and owners have signed the Maryland Business for a Fair Minimum Wage statement...
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Representing Many More Businesses Across the Country Who Support Minimum Wage Hike
WASHINGTON DC, April 3, 2014 – Representing a large and growing number of businesses nationwide who support a minimum wage increase, Gina Schaefer, owner of nine Ace Hardware stores in...
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Ann Arbor, MI, April 2, 2014 – Highlighting strong and growing business support for increasing the minimum wage, Zingerman’s owner Paul Saginaw hosted President Obama for lunch and then attended the speech calling for a raise in the minimum wage. Saginaw...
Business Owners Speak at Press Conference with Senators Casey, Booker, Blumenthal and Markey
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Washington, DC, March 27, 2014 – Highlighting strong business support for increasing the minimum wage, a Senate press conference today featured speeches by business owners who...
Contact: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
BOSTON, March 13, 2014 – Massachusetts business owners joined U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez at a Cambridge retail store today for a roundtable discussion on the business and economic reasons for increasing the minimum wage in the...
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Annapolis, March 7, 2014 – Leaders of Maryland businesses and business organizations applaud the House of Delegates for passing a minimum wage raise and encourage the Senate to follow suit. “Raising Maryland’s minimum wage makes good business sense,” more than 175 Maryland businesses and business organizations say in the Maryland Business for a Fair Minimum Wage statement.
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Washington DC, February 26, 2014 – Today, business leaders joined Democratic Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Reps. Steny Hoyer, James Clyburn, Rosa DeLauro and George Miller, lead sponsor of the Fair Minimum Wage Act, to call for Congress to approve...
From Costco, Dansko, Eileen Fisher and New Belgium Brewing to Small Businesses Nationwide, Business Leaders Say Minimum Wage Increase Good for Business
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 12, 2014
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Washington DC – Business for a Fair Minimum Wage members are...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2014
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Washington DC – From big brands like Costco, Dansko footwear, New Belgium Brewing and EILEEN FISHER to small businesses around the nation, business leaders say President Obama is right to call for raising the...