Business For a Fair Minimum Wage
About Us
Business for a Fair Minimum Wage is a project of Business for Shared Prosperity
Business for Shared Prosperitymobilizes business support for public policies that expand economic opportunity, reduce inequality, promote innovation and sustainability, and rebuild our nation’s infrastructure for enduring progress.
In the News
- Los Angeles Business Journal: Backers of Housing Bubble Were Living in Dreamland
10/27/08 - Washington Post: Hovering Above Poverty, Grasping for Middle Class
8/4/08 - Reuters: In rich America, Third World inequality
7/30/08 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Minimum wage rises to $6.55 an hour starting Thursday
7/24/08 - Reuters: Minimum wage set to rise, but views vary
7/23/08 - McClatchy-Tribune News Op-Ed: Holly Sklar, Minimum wage raise too little, too late
7/22/08 - Tucson Citizen: What they plan to do with our money
6/18/08 - Bill Moyers Journal: Watch Holly Sklar, Are We Living the American Dream in Reverse?
6/13/08 - Post Bulletin (MN): The rich keep getting richer
12/28/07 - Boston Globe: The future of the corporation
11/21/07 - DMI Blog: Minimum Wage, Maximum Good
10/31/07 - McClatchy-Tribune News Op-Ed: Holly Sklar, Billionaires up, America down
10/18/07
Press Releases
Business Owners From Every State Say Minimum Wage Raise Strengthens Economy
Restaurants, Retailers, Manufacturers, Healthcare Providers, Construction Companies, Hotels, Farms, Investment Firms and other Businesses Applaud Higher Minimum Wage
For Immediate Release July 26, 2007
Contact: Ateqah Khaki or David Lerner
Riptide Communications, 212.260.5000
Business Leaders Cheer Raise in Minimum Wage
Contrary to Conventional Wisdom, Growing Numbers of U.S. Businesses Say Increase in Minimum Wage is Good for the Bottom Line
Contact: Ateqah Khaki or David Lerner, Riptide Communications, 212.260.5000
Business Leaders Charge That Women Are Missing From Minimum Wage Debate
Contact: Ateqah Khaki, Riptide Communications, 212.260.5000
As Senate Votes, Business Leaders Rally Behind Higher Minimum Wage
Costco CEO, US Women's Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Owners Calling on Congress to Stop Holding Minimum Wage Hostage To Special Interest Lobbyists
Contact: Mahdis Keshavarz, Riptide Communications, 212.260.5000
Business Owners From Every State Say Higher Minimum Wage Helps Business
Costco CEO, Small Business Majority, US Women's Chamber of Commerce, Business Leaders Nationwide Urge Senate To Raise Minimum Wage
Contact: Mahdis Keshavarz, Riptide Communications, 212-260-5000, mahdis@riptideonline.com
Hundreds of Business Leaders Tell Congress to Raise Minimum Wage
For Immediate Release: January 19, 2007
Contact: Mahdis Keshavarz, Riptide Communications, 212-260-5000
Washington, DC -- Business owners and executives across the nation are telling Congress that a $5.15 minimum wage hurts business, workers and the economy. The House passed a clean bill to raise the minimum wage. Now, it's the Senate's turn.
