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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Request for State Action - Increase the Maryland Minimum Wage
FOR the purpose of showing support for raising and indexing the state of Maryland’s minimum wage and the subminimum wage for tipped workers to restore it to its historic value, and calling upon the Maryland General Assembly to draft or pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation to do so.
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WHEREAS, the state of Maryland’s minimum wage is only $7.25 per hour, or $15,000 a year for a fulltime, year round worker.
WHEREAS, the state of Maryland’s minimum wage currently leaves fulltime earners and their families below the federal poverty line.
WHEREAS, the state of Maryland’s minimum wage would be over $10.60 per hour had it kept up with the rising cost of living over the last forty years.
WHEREAS, the overwhelming majority of workers subject to the subminimum wage for tipped workers are women.
WHEREAS, nineteen states have raised their minimum wages above the state of Maryland’s rate, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia.
WHEREAS, ten states index the minimum wage each year to keep pace with the rising cost of living a key protection to prev...
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