Sumner company makes investment in employees, raises minimum wage to $15 an hour

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Sumner company makes investment in employees, raises minimum wage to $15 an hour
By John Gillie
Staff writer
August 27, 2014

In a world where corporations routinely outsource manufacturing to developing countries or move their plants to the South to cut production and employment costs, Sumner’s Torklift International is going against the trend.

The privately held manufacturer of recreational vehicle parts and accessories told its 55 employees last week it is raising their minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Those raises, effective this week, will raise some workers’ pay by $4 an hour. About 40 percent of the company’s workers had pay rates below $15 an hour. They’ll all see the boosts in compensation in their next paychecks.

“It’s something we’ve been thinking about for some time,” said Jay Taylor, the company’s general manager. “It’s been one of our key objectives to implement to elevate our game for the future.”

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