Baltimore Stadium Workers Win Living Wage

Camden Yard workers have hit a grand slam. After weeks of negotiations with the Maryland Stadium Authority (MSA) and a threatened hunger strike, workers received confirmation Thursday that the MSA would increase workers' wages to $11.30 an hour - the new state living wage - reports James Parks of the AFL-CIO Now Blog. The MSA vote lifts the exemption of Camden Yard workers from the Maryland living wage law passed in May, Parks reports. The raise is a 60 percent increase for the nearly 800 workers. Click here to read Parks’ full story.