Claim: Says Oregon's high minimum wage is the reason why "by 2011, Oregon's restaurants employed an average of only 13.8 workers, or 2.6 fewer employees than they did before the state's minimum wage began rising above the federal level in 1997."
Fact-check: Has Oregon's higher minimum wage hurt our restaurant industry? 
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Christian Gaston
Date published: 2013-04-13T00:00:00