As small business owners, we advocate for policies that promote responsible economic development, environmental stewardship, and investment in community. We are the backbone of Maine’s economy, and we help provide a political voice for Maine’s small business community. We believe that good economic policy works both for small business owners and the customers they serve.
You probably already know that hundreds of Maine small business owners publicly support this year’s referendum to raise Maine’s minimum wage to $12 by 2020 and to gradually increase wages for tipped workers as well.
From MSBC Director Will Ikard:
"I speak on behalf of hundreds of small business owners across the state when I say thank you to the Maine House of Representatives for supporting a clean vote on a real minimum wage increase. In November, Mainers will have a chance to vote on an initiative that will raise wages for 159,000 Mainers working hard jobs and struggling to get by and it will put more money into local economies, lifting all boats and helping small businesses compete. The action the Maine House took today was both morally right and economically vital."
Nearly 600 small businesses across the state have publicly endorsed the campaign to raise Maine's minimum wage at the ballot in November. Click to see if there's a business near you.
Download your "Hate Has No Business Here" sign to display at your business.
Across the country today, business owners displayed signs at their stores to show their opposition to the increasingly hateful and violent rhetoric from national political leaders.