Your Voice Matters.
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Use the links below to call or email your Louisiana legislators and tell them what your community needs.
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My Turn To Speak advocates for giving every city and parish authority to set minimum wages using the MIT Living Wage Calculator’s local estimates, with room for modest savings and a vacation and automatic annual inflation adjustments. We propose a $25 starting minimum wage for Baton Rouge.
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We advocate for practical funding solutions through which major corporations benefiting from Louisiana’s resources and public incentives contribute toward higher wages and healthcare for everyone, while supporting locally owned small businesses. We’re exploring research from LSU’s Center for Economics, Business & Policy Research and Invest in Louisiana to help identify workable approaches.
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Ask your legislators to support local wage-setting authority, transparent business agreements and a sustainable funding plan. Share how wages, healthcare costs and access to essential services affect you—and ask what action they will take.
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Email Your Legislators
Call Your Legislators
Use our ready-to-edit email template and the official Louisiana Legislature lookup tool to contact your State Senator and State Representative.
Use our sample phone script and the official Louisiana Legislature lookup tool to call your legislators.
Email Template
Phone Script
Subject: Support a Real Living Wage for Louisiana Workers
Dear Senator/Representative,
I am a Louisiana resident writing to ask you to support a meaningful increase to the minimum wage.
The current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is not enough for families to cover basic needs like housing, food, healthcare, and transportation. Even proposals around $10 an hour would still leave many working people struggling.
We advocate for legislation that establishes a $25 per hour minimum wage in Louisiana indexed to inflation, so the wage automatically adjusts as the cost of living increases.
Louisiana workers deserve a wage that reflects the real cost of living today.
Please support legislation that moves Louisiana toward a true living wage so working families can survive and contribute to a stronger economy.
Thank you for your time and for representing the people of Louisiana.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[City or Parish]
Hello, my name is [Name], and I live in [City or Parish].
I’m calling to ask Senator/Representative [Name] to support a meaningful increase to Louisiana’s minimum wage.
The current $7.25 minimum wage is far too low for families to meet basic living costs. We advocate for legislation establishing a $25 per hour minimum wage indexed to inflation, so wages keep up with the cost of living. Louisiana workers deserve a wage that reflects today’s cost of living.
Please let the Senator/Representative know that voters in this community care about this issue.
Thank you for your time.