Press Release - AFP/NH: Comments on Rally by Union Bosses to Hike Minimum Wage by 40% - Granite Grok

Press Release – AFP/NH: Comments on Rally by Union Bosses to Hike Minimum Wage by 40%

Note: I went to the Gilford / Laconia / Tilton fast food outlets at lunch time – specifically to see if some of the busier places were getting “striked”,  However, nary a protest sign to be seen.  Just workers working away to provide their CUSTOMERS the best product available.  And that’s something that the Unions AREN’T talking about – Customers.  I wonder why?  Actually, no, I don’t – the militant socialist SEIU is only concerned with obtaining power; rarely do they talk about pleasing the actual Customer Too, they keep forgetting about the hamburger robot.

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MANCHESTER – Americans for Prosperity – New Hampshire (AFP-NH) today offered the following comments in response to a protest coordinated by the AFL-CIO today at the McDonald’s on South Willow Street in Manchester to advocate for a 40% increase in the minimum wage, from the current $7.25/hour to a proposed $10.10/hour that currently is being considered in Congress.

“While the top union bosses suggest that a 40% minimum wage hike will put more money in the pockets of lower wage workers, what it really does is price most of them out of the market and cost the poorest an opportunity to start on the first rung of the career ladder,” said Greg Moore, AFP-NH State Director. “The reality is that many 16 and 17-year olds – the folks who often take minimum wage jobs – simply can’t create over $10 per hour in value for an employer, and simply won’t get hired.  They need to start building the types of job skills that would warrant that kind of pay. A 40% increase in the minimum wage will price them out of jobs and leave them without opportunities. They need someone to give them a chance, and that chance will be taken away from them by this proposal.”

AFP-NH questioned the need for a minimum wage hike when a labor-funded policy think tank stated in a report just this August that wages have been “flat” and “stagnant.”

“If wages in America have been flat recently, and inflation has been low to nonexistent, what is the possible justification for a 40% increase in the minimum wage? If this bill were to become law, the economic reality is that it would drive up the cost of goods – like hamburgers at this very McDonald’s where they are protesting – and increase inflation,” added Moore. “This inflationary pressure would erode the savings of millions of seniors across the country who spent years saving for retirement. Ultimately, a 40% increase in the minimum wage would be terrible policy for both the young who are trying to enter the workforce as well as those who have retired from it.”

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Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a nationwide organization of citizen-leaders committed to advancing every individual’s right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and intrusiveness of government is the best way to promote individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org

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