Before, you lose your mind about more price increases, this one actually isn’t for a bad reason. Recently, employees of the popular food chain Chipotle were walking away from the franchises during the day while business was in full day operation because they felt they were being underpaid. Well word got out across social media […]

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The minimum wage could finally get an increase to $15 per hour, but it's not so simple.

A $15 federal minimum wage is one step closer to becoming a reality. Thursday, House Democrats approved legislation to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade. Lawmakers were able to pass the bill after centrists won concessions for a slower phase-in, over six years instead of five. They also won assurances […]

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Minimum wage won’t hit $15 in Maryland anytime soon. Gov. Hogan vetoed the $15 minimum wage bill Wednesday. In his letter to General Assembly leadership he stated, “Now is not the time to reverse course and put Maryland back on the previous path to economic stagnation.” See Also: Maryland Lawmakers Pass Bill Making Minimum Wage $15 […]

The Baltimore City Council went to Annapolis on Monday to officially call on state lawmakers to pass a bill mandating a $15 minimum wage in Maryland. Their bills would raise Maryland’s minimum wage from a little more than $10 to $15 by 2023. The City Council tried last year to raise the minimum wage, but […]

The City Council is set to pass a law that will bring Baltimore’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. Baltimore’s wage increase would be almost $5 an hour higher than all the counties in the area. Maryland’s minimum wage will raise to $10.10 an hour by 2018 from the current $8.75 per hour. […]