Living Wage Veto Override Fails

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)


The Maryland General Assembly failed last week to override Governor Ehrlich's veto of legislation to establish a state living wage law, though it did overturn his veto of the proposed Equal Pay Commission. Because the living wage vote failed in the Senate, it did not come before the House of Delegates where it had been expected to pass with a comfortable margin. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Dist. 27) of Chesapeake Beach claimed the living wage bill did not make sense for poorer areas of the state. Instead, he said he would sponsor at least a $1 hike in the minimum wage for all workers, to $6.15 an hour.

 

 

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