App Built To Fight Minimum Wage Increases

The Employment Policies Institute recently launched Wage Engage, an iPhone app that will alert business owners when minimum wage legislation is introduced in their area. That would allow the businesses to lobby against wage hikes “at the push of a button,” by sending letters to relevant lawmakers. The EPI receives funding from restaurant trade groups to fight the minimum wage “Fight For $15” movement. “Please consider the evidence that a minimum wage increase will result in unintended consequences for low-margin businesses like mine,” reads the template letter.