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Living Wage has brought good competition to Los Angeles International Airport

L.A.'s Living Wage Ordinance Isn't a Job Killer

September 21, 2011

Despite the dire warnings of former Mayor Richard Riordan, the L.A. Chamber of Commerce and many other business organizations, which opposed requiring airport contractors to pay a living wage, competition for LAX food concessions is more vigorous than ever. More proof that businesses and good wages and benefits for workers can coexist.

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The Great Regulation Charade

September 20, 2011

A new study finds that the big problem faced by businesses today is economic uncertainty, not regulatory uncertainty. Business owners may not like new rules (who does?), but their real problem is a lack of customers.

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Cry Wolf Quotes

The simple fact is that if business owners cannot make a reasonable return on their investments, they will either relocate to another county or close their doors, resulting in fewer jobs and less revenue for the City coffers from business, payroll, and sales taxes to fund the social programs the Supervisors so greatly value.

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San Francisco Republican Party Chairman Mike DeNunzio.
11/06/2006 | Full Details | Law(s): San Francisco Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

We're opposed to a lot of bills, but this is one of the worst. When you're the only state in the country with paid family leave and they've tried it in 27 other states and it's failed in each and every one, we see it as a competitive disadvantage in attracting or keeping businesses here.

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Allan Zaremberg, president of the California Chamber of Commerce. The New York Times.
09/24/2002 | Full Details | Law(s): California Paid Family Leave

[The business community will wage] all-out war [against paid family leave because] someone's got to pay for it [and] paid leave will give employees an incentive to use it.

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Randel Johnson, vice president for labor, immigration and employee benefits at the United States Chamber of Commerce. The Austin Business Journal.
09/10/2007 | Full Details | Law(s): General: Family Leave

We cannot go on adding regulations on the backs of industries in this state.

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Borden R. Putnam, Economic Development Commissioner for Governor Tom Kean’s (R) administration.
01/01/1983 | Full Details | Law(s): New Jersey Worker and Community Right-To-Know law
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