City of Baltimore - File #: 14-0148R

• File #: 14-0148R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 883/House Bill 725 - State-Owned Airport Concessionaire Employees - Payment of Wages and Other Rights (Thurgood Marshall Equal Pay Act)
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/10/2014
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 2/10/2014
• Title: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 883/House Bill 725 - State-Owned Airport Concessionaire Employees - Payment of Wages and Other Rights (Thurgood Marshall Equal Pay Act) FOR the purpose of expressing support for this legislation that creates a Wage Equality Supplement at the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport or any other State-owned airport whereby the State of Maryland will temporarily make up the difference between the wages of concession workers and the lowest paid employees of the Maryland Aviation Authority, and which requires that if, by the 2017 contract reopening date, Airmail USA has not corrected this inequality, the State will terminate its contract and award it instead to a contractor that will adopt policies resulting in equal pay for all airport employees performing similar work.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Warren Branch, Sharon Green Middleton, President Young, Robert Curran, Nick Mosby, Brandon M. Scott, Edward Reisinger, Helen L. Holton, Carl Stokes, William "Pete" Welch, Bill Henry
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/10/2014	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
2/10/2014	0	City Council	Introduced
2/10/2014	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 883/House Bill 725 - State-Owned Airport Concessionaire Employees - Payment of Wages and Other Rights (Thurgood Marshall Equal Pay Act)

FOR the purpose of expressing support for this legislation that creates a Wage Equality Supplement at the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport or any other State-owned airport whereby the State of Maryland will temporarily make up the difference between the wages of concession workers and the lowest paid employees of the Maryland Aviation Authority, and which requires that if, by the 2017 contract reopening date, Airmail USA has not corrected this inequality, the State will terminate its contract and award it instead to a contractor that will adopt policies resulting in equal pay for all airport employees performing similar work.
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WHEREAS, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is a thriving part of Maryland’s economy, with increasing numbers of passengers passing through it every year; and

WHEREAS, Hundreds of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport concessions workers are Baltimore City residents; and

WHEREAS, The lowest paid employees of the Maryland Aviation Authority receive $13.45 per hour and are guaranteed health insurance, paid sick days, and a pension; and

WHEREAS, Although BWI...