lobbying tour

Raise Up Massachusetts, the grass-roots coalition behind multiple ballot campaigns this election cycle, kicked off its statewide lobbying tour Saturday at Carney Academy in New Bedford. It is an effort to build support to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and guarantee workers paid family and medical leave ...

Anabel Santiago, regional coordinator for Raise Up Massachusetts, joins Brian Thomas to talk about increasing the minimum wage in Massachusetts, and providing improved benefits for workers in the Commonwealth.

Raise Up Massachusetts, the coalition behind multiple ballot campaigns this cycle, plans to kick off a statewide lobbying tour on Saturday in New Bedford to build support for its efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and guarantee workers paid family and medical leave.