Strong Business Support For Minimum Wage Hike in Advance of State of the Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 23, 2014
Contact: Bob Keener, bob@businessforafairminimumwage.org, 617-610-6766
Washington DC – Business owners from across the country and a wide spectrum of industries met today with US Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez to discuss the need for an increased minimum wage. Business leaders from EILEEN FISHER, New Belgium Brewing (CO), Zingerman’s (MI), Ace Hardware stores (DC and MD), InterMedia Partners (NY) and 16 other companies and business organizations participated in the roundtable. The President has signaled that he will feature his support for increasing the minimum wage in his State of the Union address on January 28, and business leaders say it's time for Congress to act.