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
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Annapolis, March 7, 2019 — Local business owners are pleased the Senate Finance Committee advanced a $15 minimum wage bill today, while calling on the full Senate to restore a general phase-in timeline for businesses of all sizes.
Say it will put more money in their customer’s pockets, increase employee productivity and retention, and is an investment in the state’s economic future
CONTACT:
Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org, or
Erin Musgrave, 530-864-7014, erin@emcstrategies.com
Annapolis, February 21, 2019 — Maryland business leaders will provide testimony to the Senate Finance Committee at 1pm today, in support of gradually raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023.
CONTACT:
Erin Musgrave, (530) 864-7014, erin@emcstrategies.com
Feb. 19, 2019 — Illinois business owners say that the new $15 minimum wage, signed into law today by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, will be good for business.
Business owners ranging from restaurant owners to manufacturers support raising the minimum wage because it will help businesses, communities and the economy as workers have more money to spend. What’s more, businesses will benefit from lower employee turnover and increased productivity and customer satisfaction.
Say it will put more money in their customers' pockets, increase employee productivity and retention, and is an investment in the state’s economic future
CONTACT: Erin Musgrave, (530) 864-7014, erin@emcstrategies.com
Annapolis, February 8, 2019— Maryland business owners will provide testimony before the House Economic Matters Committee today in support of gradually raising the state’s minimum wage to $15.
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.
New Jersey joins California, New York, Massachusetts and Washington DC on path to $15 minimum wage
CONTACT: Erin Musgrave, (530) 864-7014, erin@emcstrategies.com
Feb. 4, 2019 — Local business owners applauded Gov. Phil Murphy for signing a bill into law today gradually raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Raising the minimum wage will help businesses, communities and the economy as workers have more money to spend throughout the Garden State. What’s more, businesses will benefit from lower employee turnover and increased productivity and customer satisfaction. Business owners ranging from restaurant owners to manufacturers support a $15 minimum wage.
Missouri restaurant owner joins House and Senate leadership at Capitol Hill press conference today to speak in support of the Raise the Wage Act; business owners across the country show their support for raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024
CONTACT: Erin Musgrave, (530) 864-7014, erin@emcstrategies.com
CONTACT: Bob Keener, 617-610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Annapolis, January 14, 2019 — Maryland business leaders spoke at a press conference today in support of gradually raising the state minimum wage to $15. A bill to increase the minimum wage to $15 by 2023 will be introduced in the General Assembly this week.
Contact: Conan Knoll, 831-524-6764, conan@emcstrategies.com
Business leaders available to speak about why they support minimum wage raises in advance of 19 state increases happening around the country on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1
Dec. 20, 2018 – Nineteen states will ring in the new year with higher minimum wages thanks to various ballot measures, legislation and annual cost-of-living adjustments. Business owners across the country say these increases will boost consumer spending, reduce costly employee turnover, increase productivity and customer satisfaction, and help the economy.
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.
CONTACT:
Erin Musgrave, (530) 864-7014, erin@emcstrategies.com
Bob Keener, (617) 610-6766, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org
Business owners in Missouri and Arkansas celebrate passage of minimum wage ballot initiatives because higher wages will be good for businesses and their state’s economy
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.
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.
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.
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.