Activists are circumventing the legislative process and using the ballot to advance their own union driven agenda. Raise up Massachusetts, which is funded mostly by out-of-state labor PACs, has collected signatures to move to the next stage of the 2018 ballot process.

The proposed ballot question would increase minimum wage by 36% and an even more costly 140% increase for tipped employees in only 4 years! Massachusetts has the highest state minimum wage or starting wage in the country. To raise that number 36% in only 4 years is way too high and far too fast. A multi-year, multi-dollar increase is unsustainable and borderline reckless.

Impact of Making Changes to the Current Minimum Wage:

While the vast majority of starting wage workers are just beginning in the work force, the real impact is wage compression. Those jobs that paid $11 only two years ago are now at $14 and $15 per hour, those jobs who were at $15 per hour only, again are now at $18-$20 per hour. That is a significant increase for any employer, but especially one that is as labor intensive as the restaurant industry.
On the West Coast, where cities have the ability to set higher minimum wages. Small business are closing every day. They cannot keep up with the increase in labor cost.
In order for business to adjust and absorb an increase, any increase in the starting wage needs to be gradual and spread out over many years.

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