• “Alaskans know the value of hard work, but right now the odds are stacked against workers. The cost of living in Alaska keeps getting higher, but wages have not kept up. Thousands of Alaskans don’t get paid sick days, so working parents must choose between sending a sick kid to school or missing a day’s pay. Corporations can force workers to attend closed-door meetings about the bosses’ beliefs about religion, politics, or the economy, and they can fire workers who disagree. Alaskans deserve better jobs. The commonsense policies in this initiative will help give tens of thousands of Alaskans a fair shot.” - Better Jobs for Alaska 
  

• “Raising the minimum wage and paid sick days are good for business. Low-wage businesses have more trouble hiring and retaining employees, as workers look elsewhere to make ends meet. Without paid sick days, workers lose needed pay unless they go to work sick, where they are less productive, more prone to error, and can spread illnesses to co-workers and customers. With better wages and earned paid sick time, businesses benefit from lower employee turnover, lower hiring and training costs, increased productivity, better health and safety, and better customer service, which keeps customers coming back.” - Business For a Fair Minimum Wage 
  

• “A truly thriving economy means every worker can earn a decent wage, decent benefits, and feel secure in their jobs. The rising cost of living is putting millions of families on edge, and ballot measures are a key way to enact the necessary policy changes to ensure working families have security.”  - Kelly Hall, Executive Director, Fairness Project. 
  

• “This ballot initiative will bring a small amount of relief to people, so they can earn the right to stay home with a sick child, to stay home when they’re sick themselves, to not come to work at a restaurant and just serve you a meal when they’re sick.” - Joelle Hall, President, Alaska AFL-CIO 
  

• "California passed a similar new minimum wage law that went into effect on April 1 of this year. However, as a brief update, since California’s new minimum wage has gone into effect, over 10,000 low-wage workers have been fired from their jobs because their employers could not afford to pay the new higher wage or found cheaper alternatives like automation to replace workers. Instead of helping employees, the new law put them out of work and into the unemployment line." - Greg Sarber, Board Member, Alaska Gold Communications 
  

• “Increasing the minimum wage would increase the cost of doing business for employers. The required paid sick leave provision may be well-intentioned, but it does not take into account the unique circumstances of small businesses that are the backbone of Alaska’s economy, from small tour operators in Southeast Alaska to contractors on the North Slope. Words matter, and clear definitions in law matter, especially when it comes to employment law. Unfortunately, the vague and broad language littered throughout this section leave more questions than answers.” - Kati Capozzi, Alaska Chamber of Commerce 
  

• "Be careful what you vote for Alaska. Ballot Measure 1 is not a simple minimum wage increase. It will have harmful impacts on many Alaskan businesses and the Alaskans employed by those businesses. Worse yet, something more sinister is imbedded in the language because that’s how these left-wing organizations operate." - Mike Shower, Alaska State Senator   
  

• “Mom and pops are already struggling to make payroll, to pay for goods and to keep our doors open. These past few years with COVID have been extremely difficult, and navigating those things … the possibility of losing our businesses and not being able to keep our doors open, I am against this." - Heidi Heinrich, Co-owner, Lucky Wishbone 
  

TO VIEW FINANCIAL REPORTS BY COMMITTEE:

• Click on the link - this will bring you to the Alaska APOC Online Reports "Campaign Disclosure" Database.
  
• Select the "Report Year" in the drop-down box (first box in the row).
• Select "All Complete Forms" in the second from the left drop-down box.
• Select the "Filed After" and "Filed Before" dates from the 3rd and 4th dialog boxes using the calendar.
• Enter the Committee name in the "Group Name" (5th from the left) dialog box.
• Select "Any" from the drop-down box on the right end title "Type".
• Click on the "Search" button to see the data.  You can also click on the "Export" button to export the file.

Committees formed to OPPOSE the Alaska Ballot Measure 1, Minimum Wage Increase and Paid Sick Leave Initiative (2024):

BETTER JOBS FOR ALASKA

Selected Contributions TO: Better Jobs for Alaska* include:

• Sixteen Thirty Fund
  
• The Fairness Project
  

Committees formed to OPPOSE the Alaska Ballot Measure 1, Minimum Wage Increase and Paid Sick Leave Initiative (2024):

NO COMMITTEE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO OPPOSE THIS INITATIVE AS OF OCTOBER 05 2024.

Selected Contributions TO include:

• NA