After months of public debate, the Baltimore City Council passed a bill that will raise the city’s minimum wage rate to $15 by 2022, with a 11-3 vote Monday. The bill calls for a gradual minimum wage hike in the city to $15 by 2022. Small businesses with fewer than 50 employees will have until 2026 to make the hike. The final decision now rests with Mayor Catherine Pugh who can either sign the bill into law or veto it. Mayor Pugh has three weeks to decide the bill’s fate. Anthony McCarthy,…
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