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With Muriel Bowser’s signature yesterday evening in the middle of a Columbia Heights plaza, the Fight for $15 officially notched another victory. In addition to praise from a slew of progressive groups, President Barack Obama commended the District for the increase in the minimum wage.

Shortly after creating the mayor’s special at &pizza, Bowser signed the Fair Shot Minimum Wage Amendment Act of 2016 with several D.C. councilmembers and labor groups at her side.

After a ballot initiative picked up steam, the mayor introduced legislation earlier this year to raise the city’s wage to $15 by 2020. A few months later, she announced a deal with a diverse set of organizations to do just that, and also raise the tipped minimum wage from $2.77 to $5, earlier this month.

Most of the groups agreed to drop the ballot initiative, which would have equalized the tipped and general minimum wages. The Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, however, has vowed to continue that fight with the goal of getting what they call “one fair wage” on the ballot in 2018.

Meanwhile, the DC for $15 campaign declared victory. “As a direct result of our grassroots organizing, we were able to spur the Mayor and the Council to take action. Even without going to the ballot, we’ve demonstrated the effect that people power can have our elected officials,” the group said in a statement.

President Obama had this to say:

“I commend the District of Columbia, Mayor Muriel Bowser, and the Council of the District of Columbia for raising the District’s minimum wage. Since my first call to raise the wage in 2013, 18 states and D.C. have taken action—action that will help over 7 million American workers. In addition, nearly 50 cities and counties—as well as many of our leading businesses—have acted on their own to boost wages for thousands more workers. That’s progress. But we must continue to build on that progress—because no American working full-time in this country should struggle to make ends meet. That’s why as long as I hold this office, I will continue to fight for hardworking Americans. And I will keep urging Congress to raise the federal minimum wage, so that all Americans have a fair shot to get ahead. America deserves a raise.”

The minimum wage law is one of several working their way through the D.C. Council that would make the District one of the most labor friendly cities in the country. In addition to looking into a paid family leave law, the Council plans to vote today on legislation that would require chain businesses to give at least two weeks notice for schedules and shift changes.