Yes, our 60% threshold is great because it stops a lot of amendments from being implemented nilly willy. Still, this one is gonna be hard to stop.
Suggestions: Someone should just run ads with pics of all the empty retail spaces, moribund malls, dead downtowns all over NYS, especially Upstate.
A picture really can be worth a thousand words.
John Morgan of the Morgan and Morgan Law Firm, the largest Personal Injury Law Firm in the country is behind this push for $15/hour. if this goes thru he stands to make even more money....if his firm sues someone for last wages, over a few years or someone’s lifetime that adds up to huge sums of money.....Think about it, someone making $10/hour versus someone making $15/hour which over time adds up to a lot of money when his firm is making anywhere from 33 to 40%....
Also, ask folks if the like to/need to eat out.
I can’t tell you hit many restaurants have closed after each rise in the minimum wage, especially the mom-and-pop shops. Even the chains get hit because they have to screw with their menus to cut costs.
Note to Florida: All this, too, can be yours if you vote to raise it.