Minimum Wage Increase Tops Labor Agenda in MD

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Efforts to raise Maryland's minimum wage will be front and center during the 2014 legislative session in Annapolis, which begins at noon today. "Raising the minimum wage will establish a higher floor and help us in bargaining," said Maryland State & DC AFL-CIO president Fred Mason, Jr. after the state fed’s legislative conference on Monday, urging turnout at next Monday’s rally to raise the minimum wage in Maryland. "Raising the minimum wage will give a boost to Maryland's economy, by increasing the buying power for thousands," Mason added.