Marilyn Baird of Greensboro Minimum Wage Campaign

Marilyn Baird, co-chair of the Greensboro Minimum Wage Campaign, argues that the current state minimum wage of $6.15 imposes a hardship on Greensboro workers. The campaign presented petitions to City Clerk Juanita Clerk on Monday to have the city council consider an ordinance mandating a citywide $9.36 per hour minimum wage.

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[parsonsdaughter]

To raise minimum wages will cause a great deal of unemployment to occur and will cause many small businesses to go bankrupt. Minimum wage positions are intended for entry-level workers, high schoolers, and the like. By the time a person has a family, he/she should have earned a strong work ethic with their company and moved up in the ranks. If my coffeeshop is forced to pay $9.82, I will have to lay off more than half of my employees and pull more hours myself to stay afloat. This is bad!