As Minnesota legislators consider increasing the minimum wage, it's important that they be thoughtful and reasonable to avoid hurting the very people a minimum wage increase is supposed to help. Ask your State Senator and State Representative to:
• Keep Minnesota's minimum wage reasonable and competitive. $9.50 is an excessive increase and would make us among the highest in the country and a clear outlier from surrounding states, all of whom are at $7.25.
• Do not index the wage to inflation.Putting future minimum wage increases on autopilot is a bad idea in a volatile economy and a competitive region.
• Protect good paying jobs by recognizing tips as income by creating a tipped employee tier to the minimum wage.
Minnesota's bars and restaurants are sources of good jobs for approximately 180,000 people and provide more than $2.3 billion in wages. A majority of those establishments are small businesses or are family-owned. We can keep Minnesota's hospitality industry vibrant, if the legislature is careful to do a minimum wage increase the right way.
Updates
April 8, 2014
I was just looking at the emails coming in from small business owners and the stress in their voices is honestly hard to read because they really just want to keep their doors open. It feels like the legislature is moving on this so fast without stopping to think about how a flat hike really hurts a neighborhood cafe or a local diner trying to make ends meet.
Reached 100 supporters
April 8, 2014
53 Comments
As a manager at a family owned restaurant and bar, I honestly feel it's critical to my employer's success to create a tipped employee tier. Some of the staff that I work with make upwards of $200 per shift (without the inclusion of their hourly wage). Don't put us out of business!
This is not a Mirco Economic issue it is MACRO and will change everything. Prices will go up on everything and all these employees will be right back to where they are today. And those that we just making it today will now be lucky to not go backwards.
Minnesota is becoming increasingly uncompetitive in relation to our neighboring states and the ability of businesses to compete and offer jobs. This Minimum Wage bill will surely hurt everyone, including the very people it is meant to help.
As small business Owners, we request that you consider the following: price increases have already negatively impacted our sales volumes as a result of rising health care and commodity costs. Please reconsider the impact that a 31% increase in wages will have on inflation, quality of food and job growth. Thank you for your time and consideration.
I am not against raising minimum wage, but I urge you to take into consideration the impact it would have on non-tipped employees and the employers of tipped positions. Why is it that all states surrounding Minnesota have a tip credit and we do not? Please make this a win-win for hourly employees and their employers!
Why is it that 43 other States understand TIP CREDITS...come on Minnesota its not hard to understand!
Please, no inflation indexing
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As Minnesota legislators consider increasing the minimum wage, it's important that they be thoughtful and reasonable to avoid hurting the very people a minimum wage increase is supposed to help. Ask your State Senator and State Representative to:
• Keep Minnesota's minimum wage reasonable and competitive. $9.50 is an excessive increase and would make us among the highest in the country and a clear outlier from surrounding states, all of whom are at $7.25.
• Do not index the wage to inflation.Putting future minimum wage increases on autopilot is a bad idea in a volatile economy and a competitive region.
• Protect good paying jobs by recognizing tips as income by creating a tipped employee tier to the minimum wage.
Minnesota's bars and restaurants are sources of good jobs for approximately 180,000 people and provide more than $2.3 billion in wages. A majority of those establishments are small businesses or are family-owned. We can keep Minnesota's hospitality industry vibrant, if the legislature is careful to do a minimum wage increase the right way.
Updates
April 8, 2014
I was just looking at the emails coming in from small business owners and the stress in their voices is honestly hard to read because they really just want to keep their doors open. It feels like the legislature is moving on this so fast without stopping to think about how a flat hike really hurts a neighborhood cafe or a local diner trying to make ends meet.
Reached 100 supporters
April 8, 2014
53 Comments
There needs to be a 'youth wage'. I am willing to hire 14 yr olds, however, often times they come to us not knowning how to dust, vaccum, sweep, make a bed, pick up garbage, ect. Should/do they really 'earn' $9.50 an hour? What about a training wage?
As a manager at a family owned restaurant and bar, I honestly feel it's critical to my employer's success to create a tipped employee tier. Some of the staff that I work with make upwards of $200 per shift (without the inclusion of their hourly wage). Don't put us out of business!
This is not a Mirco Economic issue it is MACRO and will change everything. Prices will go up on everything and all these employees will be right back to where they are today. And those that we just making it today will now be lucky to not go backwards.
Minnesota is becoming increasingly uncompetitive in relation to our neighboring states and the ability of businesses to compete and offer jobs. This Minimum Wage bill will surely hurt everyone, including the very people it is meant to help.
As small business Owners, we request that you consider the following: price increases have already negatively impacted our sales volumes as a result of rising health care and commodity costs. Please reconsider the impact that a 31% increase in wages will have on inflation, quality of food and job growth. Thank you for your time and consideration.
I am not against raising minimum wage, but I urge you to take into consideration the impact it would have on non-tipped employees and the employers of tipped positions. Why is it that all states surrounding Minnesota have a tip credit and we do not? Please make this a win-win for hourly employees and their employers!
Why is it that 43 other States understand TIP CREDITS...come on Minnesota its not hard to understand!
Please, no inflation indexing
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There needs to be a 'youth wage'. I am willing to hire 14 yr olds, however, often times they come to us not knowning how to dust, vaccum, sweep, make a bed, pick up garbage, ect. Should/do they really 'earn' $9.50 an hour? What about a training wage?