Increase funding for floriculture research. Ensure cost savings on imports. Maintain the minimum wage. Preserve agriculture’s workforce. Forty-seven...
Make a Difference for Your Business – and Your Industry
Increase funding for floriculture research. Ensure cost savings on imports. Maintain the minimum wage. Preserve agriculture’s workforce. Join your...
Congressional Cut Flower Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Dan Newhouse to Speak at CAD
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Washington), new co-chair of the Congressional Cut Flower Caucus, will speak to SAF Congressional Action Days attendees on...
Advocacy Series: 5 Questions about Minimum Wage
Editor’s note: Advocating for the floral industry’s needs on Capitol Hill is a key priority for the Society of American Florists. What issues are...
On Tap for CAD: Research Funding, GSP, Minimum Wage and Ag Labor
As the Biden-Harris Administration moves forward with its legislative and regulatory agenda, the Society of American Florists is making sure...
SAF’s Grassroots Lobbying Event Goes Virtual
SAF’s annual Congressional Action Days, April 13-14, is an all-virtual affair this year — but the advocacy will have real-world impact on floral...
Labor Issues May Become Prominent in 2019
After two years of little action on labor issues in Washington with Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress and President Trump in the...
Democrats Appear Split on Minimum Wage
A key industry issue that Society of American Florists members discussed last month with lawmakers and congressional staff has been in the headlines...
Minimum Wage Among CAD Asks for Capitol Hill
During the Society of American Florists’ 39th Annual Congressional Action Days (CAD), March 11-12, floral industry professionals will present four...
Bill to Raise Federal Minimum Wage Introduced
A bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024 was introduced in the House and Senate on January 16. H.R. 582 would gradually...
The Legislative Year Ahead
Predicting legislative actions at the beginning of a new Congress is always a highly speculative effort but this year it’s even more...
In State-By-State Patchwork, Minimum Wage Increases
When California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed legislation to increase the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2022 for some businesses,...