National Restaurant Association (NRA)
Melvin "Mel" Sickler, Franchisee, Auntie Anne's Pretzels and Cinnabon
The National Restaurant Association is the largest food service trade association, by membership, in the world, supporting nearly 500,000 businesses. Mel Sickler is a multi-store Auntie Anne’s Pretzels and Cinnabon franchisee owner from Williamstown, New Jersey. The following is from March 14, 2013, testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee during a hearing on “Keeping up With a Changing Economy: Indexing the Minimum Wage.” I have 109 employees — 18 are full-time and 91 are part-time employees. I drove from New Jersey to be here today on behalf of small businesses and young people seeking more job…
