“The House dealt a devastating blow to small businesses today, risking record growth, job creation, and already increasing wages,” Juanita Duggan, president and CEO of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, said in a statement. The NFIB is the leading advocacy organization for small businesses.
A representative for the restaurant industry also criticized the bill.
“Thousands of restaurant industry employees, leaders and community members have called and emailed Congress to share their concerns about how H.R. 582 would cripple small- and family-owned businesses,” National Restaurant Association spokesperson Sean Kennedy said in a statement. “H.R. 582 is the wrong wage at the wrong time, implemented in the wrong way.”
Kennedy called instead for “a commonsense approach to minimum wage.”
The National Retail Federation likewise emphasized the bill’s potential consequences.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/18/business-groups-slam-house-for-passing-15-minimum-wage-bill.html
A representative for the restaurant industry also criticized the bill.
“Thousands of restaurant industry employees, leaders and community members have called and emailed Congress to share their concerns about how H.R. 582 would cripple small- and family-owned businesses,” National Restaurant Association spokesperson Sean Kennedy said in a statement. “H.R. 582 is the wrong wage at the wrong time, implemented in the wrong way.”
Kennedy called instead for “a commonsense approach to minimum wage.”
The National Retail Federation likewise emphasized the bill’s potential consequences.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/18/business-groups-slam-house-for-passing-15-minimum-wage-bill.html