Maryland workers won a major victory this week when the General Assembly voted to raise the minimum wage to $15 for most workers by 2025, overriding Gov. Hogan’s veto. This important step forward will bring higher pay to hundreds of
Position Statement Supporting House Bill 1416 with Amendment Given before the House Economic Matters Committee Many hardworking families across Maryland struggle to pay the bills and put food on the table because they are not paid enough to cover the
A new report released this week outlines the mistreatment of workers who rely on tips and calls for policy makers to eliminate the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers, but in Maryland, legislators have effectively done just the opposite. Tipped workers
Bartenders, waiters and other Maryland workers who routinely get tips – many, if not most, of them women — will have to rely even more on the generosity of their customers to make a living since state lawmakers left tipped
Some of the very people who could use a raise the most – workers who rely on tips and young workers just getting a start in life – will be left shortchanged when Maryland’s minimum wage begins to rise next
