Switchback Gear Exchange• Increase wouldn’t affect them exceptionally, as none of their

employees make minimum wage and cost of used goods doesn’t have a set market price

• 30 percent of their clientele are NMU students• Prices would possibly increase slightly• Not informed enough to say if in support, but chains could

increase prices more easily• Different seasons wouldn’t affect wage increase because

people will continue to recreate no matter what

Downwind Sports• Increase of minimum wage would cause most employees to lose

their jobs and the business would go back to being run by the owners.

• Guestimate 1/3 of customers are NMU Students• Most of their gear is price-monitored by companies, so most

likely yes, and they would be forced to drop certain brands• Not sure if in favor of increase, $1 or $1.50 would be manageable

but $12-15 is not sustainable in the UP• Spring and Fall are usually slow and used for stocking store,

people lose hours then as it is, so those seasons would be affected even greater

Dunhams Sports• An increase in minimum wage would lead to many people losing

their job• Guestimate 15-20 percent of their customers are NMU Students• Increasing prices would be the alternate of laying people off.

Raising of prices would negate the effect a minimum wage increase would have. Dictated by competition

• Not in support of minimum wage increase. Doesn’t pay anyone besides trainees minimum wage. Willing to pay people that much IF QUALIFIED.

• During winter it’s slow and people get cut from 20-24 hours down to 7 per week. Would see rough patch during those times especially.

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Surveymonkey: How an Increase in Minimum Wage would affect NMU Students

102 responses96 percent employed4 percent not employed

Weekly Hours Worked

5-9 hours10-14 hours15-19 hours20-24 hours25-30 hours30-34 hours35-40 hours40 + hours

Hourly Wage

Sales

$7-9$9-11$11 or more

$7-9: 70%$9-11: 14 %$11+:16%

Where We Work• Food Industry: 22• NMU: 22• Retail:14• Health Care: 9• Hotels: 4• Construction: 4• Golf: 3• Natural Resource:2• Misc: 8

Financial Assistance from 3rd party• 54% yes• 45% no• 1% other

$0:2$1-99: 7$100-199: 10$200-299: 7$300-399: 9$400-499:5$500-599: 3$600+: 4As Needed: 2Loan from 3rd party: 13rd party pays tuition: 1Other: 1

What do you spend your money on?• Beer/Booze: 40• Going out to eat: 23• Clothing/shopping: 16• Movies: 16• Travel: 14• Outdoor Gear: 10• Ski/snowboard: 10• Hiking gear: 8• Camping: 8• Sports: 8• Drugs: 7

• Concerts: 6• Gas• Biking: 5• Videogames: 5• Bowling: 5• Fishing: 5• Coffee: 4• Climbing: 4• Hunting: 4• Books: 4• Amazon:4• Others receiving votes: Pets, comics,

“that good good”, musicals, billiards, golf, tattoos

Class Standings and Age• Freshman: 4• Sophomore: 15• Junior: 24• Senior: 40• Grad School: 4• Graduated: 4• Unknown: 2

18: 219: 520: 1821: 2222: 2523: 524-30: 5