94 - Progressive Victory! Maryland Enacts First Living Wage Requirement For State Government Contracts

Published: May 17, 2007, 10:55 p.m.

b'Maryland has passed the first statewide living wage statute.Under the law, employers with state contracts will generally have to pay workers a minimum amount \\u2014 $11.30 an hour in the Baltimore-Washington corridor and $8.50 an hour in the rural counties, where wages and prices are usually lower.Among those workers mostly likely to be lifted above the poverty line by this measure are those who work'