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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