Higher Minimum Wage in the US: Which Companies Support It

Other German companies in the United States have no problem with the idea of ​​a higher minimum wage: “The greatest challenge in terms of labor for German subsidiaries in the US is the availability of well-trained specialists,” says Mark Tomkins of the German Chamber of Commerce in Chicago . “The possible increase in the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour will have no fundamental impact on that.”

Whether the increase actually comes through Congress, however, depends primarily on the support of American companies. And they are also available independently of Amazon. Retail giant Target, for example, has already introduced the lower limit. The same applies to Hobby Lobby and the supermarket chain Walmart, the largest employer in the US. And fast food giant McDonald’s has also given up resistance. One will no longer participate in lobbying activities against the increase, according to the company as early as 2019.

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