Hearing Agenda
Increasing the Minimum Wage
Senate Labor and Industry Committee
May 5, 2015
9 a.m. – North Office Building
9:00 a.m. to 9:10 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Senator Lisa Baker, Chair
Senator Tina Tartaglione, Democratic Chair
9:10 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.
Sean Ramaley, Deputy Secretary, Safety and Labor-Management Relations
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
9:20 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
John Meyerson, Minimum Wage Advisory Board Member
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Alex Halper, Director of Government Affairs
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
Neal Lesher, Legislative Director
National Federation of Independent Business
John Longstreet, President and CEO
Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association
10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
John Keisendahl, President – Background
Woodloch Resort
Maureen Metz, Vice President of Marketing
Cheryl McCann, Vice President of Human Resources
Testimony
Metz Culinary Management
10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Simon Arias, State General Agent
American Income Life – Simon Arias Agencies
Robert Fry, CEO
Bar Marco
Maria Perez, Child Care Worker
Chuck Harford, Grocery Store Worker
11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Michael Hollander, Staff Attorney
Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
Mark Price, PhD, Labor Economist
Steve Hertzenberg, Labor Economist
Keystone Research Center
Rick Bloomingdale, President
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
John Dodds, Director
Philadelphia Unemployment Project
Rev. Sandra Strauss, Director of Public Advocacy
Pennsylvania Council of Churches
Sandra Thompson, Esq., First Vice Chair
Pennsylvania NAACP
12:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Additional Testimony: