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Minimums for background actors, stand-ins and photo doubles also will increase, rising 11%, effective immediately, followed by another 4% increase in Year Two of the contract and a 3.5% increase in Year Three.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023

Kevin Ring, president of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, said D.C.'s residents and elected officials should decide their own laws.

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023

Minimums for this year will be determined in the ongoing labor negotiations between MLB and the players’ association.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2022

The National District Attorneys Association, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Justice Action Network, American Civil Liberties Union, and a variety of conservative, faith-based, law enforcement, and civil rights organizations lobbied both parties for the bill’s passage.

From Washington Times • Sep. 29, 2021

“It’s particularly cruel,” said Mary Price, an attorney with Families Against Mandatory Minimums, a nonpartisan group.

From Reuters • Jul. 23, 2019