Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2024 would boost hourly pay for more than 20 million workers in the 21 states where the minimum wage is $7.25.
On July 12, 2017, Catherine Ruckelshaus testified before the U.S. House of Representatives on the importance of enforcing and expanding joint employer responsibility.
On June 22, 2017, Laura Huizar testified before the Minneapolis City Council in support of increasing the minimum wage to $15 and against exclusion of tipped workers.