(Washington, DC) – On Friday, June 30, at 10 am., Mayor Muriel Bowser will mark the first increase to minimum wage under the #Fightfor15 legislation that she introduced in 2016. Effective July 1, 2017, the minimum wage for District workers will increase from $11.50 per hour to $12.50 per hour, and the minimum wage for tipped workers will increase from $2.77 per hour to $3.33 per hour. This is the first raise for tipped workers in the last 12 years.
Last year, the Mayor signed the Fair Shot Minimum Wage Amendment Act of 2016 into law to raise the District’s minimum wage to $15.00 per hour by 2020. Under the law, minimum wage will progressively rise to $15.00 per hour by July 1, 2020, and then will increase each successive year starting in 2021.
Since coming into office, Mayor Bowser has made leading more Washingtonians on pathways to the middle class a top priority. Since 2015, the District’s unemployment rate has dropped 1.6 percentage points and total jobs have risen by 34,100.
WHEN:
Friday, June 30, at 10 am
WHO:
Mayor Muriel Bowser
Courtney Snowden, Deputy Mayor, Greater Economic and Opportunity
Odie Donald, Director, Department of Employment of Services
WHERE:
A Baked Joint
440 K Street, NW
*Closest Metro: Foggy Bottom – GWU Metro Station*
Press interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP to [email protected]. To view the event online, visit mayor.dc.gov/live or tune in on Channel 16 (DCN).