Seattle’s $15 minimum wage has claimed its first casualty… and
the union-driven, completely arbitrary policy has yet to be
implemented. Cascade Designs, an outdoor recreational gear manufacturing
company, announced it is moving 100 jobs (20% of the workforce) later this year from Seattle to a new plant it is leasing near Reno, Nevada.
Cascade Designs “manufactures
MSR camping stoves, Platypus hydration packs, SeaLine dry bags, and
Therma-A-Rest sleeping pads — hundreds of products made by workers in
Seattle.” The company has offered some employees positions in Reno, but others must reapply.
Founder John Burroughs and son David Burroughs (Vice Chair) said that Seattle’s $15 minimum wage “nudged them into action.”
Burroughs wants to keep production in the United States, though the
company does have a plant in Ireland. Burroughs said Seattle’s new
minimum wage would “eventually add up to a few million dollars a year.”
The need to expand—an expensive prospect in Seattle—added to Cascade Designs’ decision to move.
published by Shiftwa
Thursday, February 19, 2015
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