A $15 MINIMUM WAGE WILL CRUSH

The unemployment rate

for teenagers in
New York State is

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,

w w w.bls.gov/lau/#ex14

A $15 minimum wage

would double the teen
unemployment rate to

JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS

Source: Effects of Minimum Wages on

Youth Employment: the Importance
of Accounting for Spatial Correlation;
Journal of Labor Research, 2008,
Vol. 29, Number 4

According to 2014 federal data,

there are 263,000 New Yorkers
ages 16-19 in the states labor force.
55,000 of them are unemployed.

THE MINIMUM WAGE REALITY CHECK CAMPAIGN IS

SUPPORTED BY A GROWING NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS

That number will double to 110,000

under a $15 minimum wage based
on research from Ohio University
economists.
New York State

Est. 1887

A 67% minimum wage increase will

destroy entry-level jobs for youths
and reduce their future earnings.
It will also place an additional
burden on the businesses and farms
that employ teenagers as theyll
be forced to compete for more
experienced workers.

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