Minimum Wage Increase Tops Labor Agenda in MD
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
(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.