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State Representative Ryan Winkler

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For more information contact: Susie Merthan 651-296-2955

Posted: Feb 20 2013 2:28PM
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House Select Committee on Living Wage Jobs to Explore Minimum Wage Increase


ST. PAUL, MN –The House Select Committee on Living Wage Jobs will host joint hearings with the Labor, Workplace and Regulated Industries Committee to examine increasing Minnesota’s minimum wage.  The committees will hear from Washington, D.C. policy experts and members of the public as they address the growing concern of lacking wages and benefits for hardworking Minnesotans.


WHO:  John Schmitt, Center for Economic Policy and Research

            Douglas Hall, Economic Policy Institute

            Working Minnesotans

            State business leaders

WHAT:  Testimony on raising Minnesota's minimum wage to make hard work pay for all Minnesotans

WHEN:  Monday February 25, 2013 at 11:00 am

              Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 8:15 am

WHERE:  Capitol, Room 118 (Monday, February 25)

                State Office Building, Basement Hearing Room (Wednesday, February 27)

 

Rep. Winkler can be reached by phone at (651) 296-7026 or by email at rep.ryan.winkler@house.mn.

 

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