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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: President Young
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Request for Federal Action - Raising the Minimum Wage
FOR the purpose of expressing the Baltimore City Council's support for raising and indexing the federal minimum wage and the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers to restore it to its historic value, and calling upon Congress to draft or pass, and the President to sign, legislation that would do so.
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WHEREAS, the minimum wage under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act is only $7.25 per hour, or $15,000 a year for a fulltime, year round worker.
WHEREAS, the current federal minimum wage leaves fulltime earners and their families below the federal poverty line.
WHEREAS, the federal minimum wage would be over $10 per hour had it kept pace with the rising cost of living over the last forty years.
WHEREAS, 76% of workers earning at or near the minimum wage are adults, and minimum wage earners are disproportionately women and people of color.
WHEREAS, the federal minimum wage for workers who receive tips has been frozen at a meager $2.13 since 1991.
WHEREAS, the overwhelming majority of workers subject to this subminimum wage are women.
WHEREAS, in Baltimore, 36% of households headed by a single mother live below the poverty line.
WHEREAS, eighteen states have raised their minimum wages above the federal rate, including...
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