On June 15, 2016, Tsedeye Gebreselassie testified before the Baltimore City Council in support of a $15 minimum wage and raising the subminimum tipped worker wage.
On June 3, 2016, Laura Huizar testified before the City of Miami Beach, Finance and Citywide Projects Committee on raising the minimum wage to $13.31 by 2020.
On May 26, 2016, Laura Huizar testified before the D.C. Council in support of raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2020 and ending subminimum wages for tipped workers.
On May 16, 2016, Paul Sonn testified before the New Jersey Senate Committee on Labor in support of S.15, which would raise New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15 by 2021.