Progressive Maryland's Weekly Memo for June 1, 2016
Progressive Maryland's immediate priority is getting tipped workers included in new minimum-wage legislation in Montgomery County, with a meeting June 7 and a hearing June 21. Progressive Prince George's meets June 9.
Read moreWe Are Worth More: Fight For 15 Comes to Maryland
Progressive Maryland launches a Fight for Fifteen effort in Maryland to raise the wages of low-wage workers to a level at which a minimum decent life for families is possible. Today's minimum wage laws don't come close.
Read moreProgressive Maryland's Weekly Memo for May 25
Two early-June chapter meetings, in Montgomery (June 7) and Prince George's (June 9) kick off member-driven campaigns for better pay and better governance.
Read moreThe overtime order -- what it means for workers
Last week's presidential order on overtime pay will help all US workers, including 800,000 in Maryland, who are currently pushed for more than 40 hours' work a week without compensation because of outdated rules.
Read moreHogan signs Progressive Maryland top priority police accountability measure
Important measures on police accountability and criminal justice reform, top priorities for Progressive Maryland, were signed by Gov. Larry Hogan Thursday, May 19.
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Read moreImportant bills are on Governor's desk -- tell him to sign them
The Governor's final bill signing, this week, needs to include important bills like the Green Energy Jobs Act, still awaiting his action. Urge him to sign bills you care about.
Read moreRESIDENTS IN PRINCE GEORGE’S BATTLE POWER PLANT SITING
Residents of Brandywine, in unincorporated Prince George's, say a gas-fired power plant slated for their neighborhood -- backed by county officials -- imposes health costs on them and their children
Read more76 Md Legislators push back on Hogan Statements on Syrian Refugees
Gov. Larry Hogan's suggestion that Maryland would not welcome refugees from Syria's lethal conflict is countered by a letter signed by 76 members of the state's General Assembly urging a welcome for them.
Read morePM BlogSpace Weekly Memo: union struggles, Walmart greed
Events of the week include the Prince George's Planning Board steamrolled by Walmart greed and Giant's principal union, UFCW Local 400, fights the effects of a faraway merger of the grocery's European corporate owners.
Read moreThe Planet and Prince George's: Climate Change and Justice, Macro and Micro
Two meetings in Prince George's on climate change and environmental justice show the different scales and concerns that center on the planet's future.
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