Baltimore’s lowest-paid workers moved one step closer on Monday to earning at least $15 an hour when the City Council gave preliminary approval to raising the minimum wage.
The council voted 7-4 to back a plan to steadily raise the rate from the state’s current $8.75 minimum through 2022. Three council members abstained and one was absent.
A final vote on the proposal is expected Aug. 15. To pass, it would need the support of at least eight of the 15 council members.
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