Montgomery Community Media

Arguments in favor and against increasing the minimum wage were heard at the Oct. 24 Montgomery County Council public hearing. The final council vote on minimum wage increase is expected the third week of November. CCM’s Julie Rios Little reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. Related […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Health and Human Services Committee (HHS) will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m., on Oct. 24 on the proposed increase in the County Minimum Wage (Bill 27-13). If passed, the bill would require certain private sector employers to pay a minimum wage that would gradually increase to $11.50 per hour […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers Marc Elrich and Valerie Ervin, Prince George’s County Council Chair Andrea Harrison and Councilmember Karen Toles and District of Columbia Council Chairman Phil Mendelson recently united in a rare collaboration of their respective governments to support an effort to create a “regional minimum wage” that would gradually increase to $11.50 per hour. […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Marc Elrich is proposing legislation to raise the minimum wage in Montgomery County from $7.25 to $12 per hour. Find out what he says about the issue in this report: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. For more coverage on the issue of minimum […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Senator Ben Cardin talks about the need to raise the minimum wage. Take a look:  

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, MyMCMedia talks to U.S. Rep. John Delaney at the Gaithersburg Labor Day Parade about his plan to push for an increase in the minimum wage in Maryland. Take a look:

Montgomery County Councilmember Marc Elrich (At-large) says that he will introduce a bill on Sept. 10 that would increase the county-wide minimum wage to $12 per hour. Currently, applicable employers in Montgomery County must meet the federal minimum wage for covered, nonexempt employees of $7.25 per hour. That minimum has been in effect since July […]