John Jordan, owner of Jordan Winery in Sonoma County said he gave all eligible winery employees a $1,000 bonus as a result of the passage of the 2017 tax reform bill.
He also created a new website, www.1Country1K.com where other business owners can also pledge $1,000 bonuses. As of the time we went to press, only four businesses were listed AT&T, Comcast, Fifth Third Bancorp and Jordan.
“The heart of any successful business is its employees,” said Jordan, the 45-year-old entrepreneur and philanthropist behind The John Jordan Foundation. “In a tightening labor market, it’s more important than ever for employees to feel valued and acknowledged. Take home pay for most American workers will increase in 2018, but why wait? Just imagine if we can get 5,000 small businesses, each with around 200 employees, to join us in giving $1,000 bonuses to their employees. We’d be putting close to $1 billion into the pockets of working Americans even before the withholding tax tables change.”
The www.1Country1K.com website includes a dedicated pledge page for U.S. companies to join the movement, a counter of total dollars pledged for employee bonuses, a list of companies that have joined the campaign and a countdown clock to 2018.