Labor Legislation

Baseball game with foul language broken up in Aberdeen [Police Blotter]

2013-05-21 14:24:00

Aberdeen Robin L. Graver, 22, of the 600 block of Plater Street, was charged Saturday with possessing a drug other than marijuana. Joe A. Epps, 25, whose address is listed as a post office box, was charged Saturday with possessing a drug other than...

Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes

2013-05-21 17:26:53

With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...

The high personal and economic cost of our broken immigration system

2013-05-20 07:39:00

While the political winds seem to be propelling the first comprehensive immigration reform in more than a quarter-century, every day our broken immigration system takes a cruel and little-noticed toll on countless hardworking, law-abiding individuals...

Tom Perez and the 'nuclear option'

2013-05-20 03:00:00

Republicans accuse Thomas E. Perez, President Barack Obama's nominee for labor secretary, of twisting the legal process in three cases in St. Paul, Minn., to suit his political purposes. But it is they who are twisting the Senate's role to "advise and...

Good intentions don't create jobs

2013-05-21 09:44:00

Baltimore City Council members confused caring about unemployment with abating it by giving preliminary approval to a local hire law last week. The legislation, which requires a final vote and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's signature to become law,...

President's remarks at Ellicott Dredges

2013-05-17 11:47:00

Remarks by President Barack Obama this afternoon at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, from the White House. � THE PRESIDENT:� Hello, Baltimore!� (Applause.)� Well, it is wonderful to see all of you.� Give Duncan a big round of applause for the great...

AP case fuels complaints on Obama whistle-blower policies

2013-05-17 15:51:53

The Justice Department's secret review of Associated Press telephone records gives advocates for federal employees one more reason to doubt the Obama administration's full commitment to protecting whistleblowers, particularly those in national security...

Council OKs bill that would force contractors to hire city residents

2013-05-13 17:16:57

In a unanimous vote, the City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to a bill that would require businesses getting large city contracts or financial support to hire 51 percent of new workers from Baltimore. "My council colleagues believe this is a...

HCC board approves cultural diversity plan

2013-05-16 15:47:29

Harford Community College officials have spent years working to improve cultural diversity on campus, leaving them well prepared to honor a state mandate to create a "plan for a program of cultural diversity." Education Article 11-406, passed by the...

Labor official brings minimum-wage push to Baltimore

2013-05-13 15:27:09

The fight over the federal minimum wage is coming to Baltimore. The head of the U.S. Department of Labor plans to swing into town Tuesday to talk to low-wage workers about how they make — or don't make — ends meet. Seth D. Harris, the agency'...

Perez clears committee, now faces larger fight

2013-05-16 11:33:00

WASHINGTON -- Democrats and Republicans quickly squared off Thursday over the confirmation of Labor Secretary nominee and Marylander Tom Perez -- preparing for a fight that is likely to intensify after a Senate committee voted along party lines to advance...

Carroll Sheriff Tregoning will not seek reelection in 2014

2013-05-16 18:50:00

Longtime Carroll County Sheriff Ken Tregoning announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection in 2014 after completing his 16th year in office. Tregoning said a combination of factors led him to decide against running for reelection in 2014,...

Where to hang the flag? Poll workers Esperanza Gaytan, left, Mathew Klempa and Barry Copilow, holding the flag, try to decide on the right spot at Allesandro Elementary School in Silver Lake.

2013-05-21 09:34:00

Brigid O'Malley, 9, second from left, and her mother Laurette O'Malley, right, of Homeland, pick out a prize as carnival worker Beth Chenoweth, left, of Dundalk looks on at the St. Pius X Carnival.

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Charitese Maitre, Richard Biennestin�s mother, prayed that her son would not fall victim to the streets. �I wanted him to do the right thing,� said Maitre, 58, a restaurant worker. �And he would tell me, `Relax, mom. I am going to make you happy.��

2013-05-16 16:19:00