Increasing the Minimum Wage: Rebuttal to NFIB/WRB Anti-Minimum Wage Arguments


 

Publication Date: February 2001

Publisher: Economic Opportunity Institute

Author(s): John R. Burbank

Research Area: Labor

Keywords: Minimum Wage; Unemployment rate; Inflation

Type: Report

Coverage: Washington

Abstract:

Prepared in October 1998 and updated in 2001, this brief responds to position papers opposing Washington's minimum wage initiative (Initiative 688) authored by the National Federation of Independent Business/Washington (NFIB) and the Washington Restaurant Association (WRA) by appraising their arguments, refuting their points and reiterating a workers' right to a decent wage.