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Release Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich Joined by State and Local Officials to Celebrate Latest Minimum Wage Increase for Montgomery County on July 1 For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 1, 2021 County Executive Marc Elrich was joined by State and local officials, along with workers and community leaders, at the Wheaton Community Recreation Center to celebrate the increase of the minimum wage that went into effect in Montgomery County on Thursday, July 1. Sponsored by then-County Councilmember Marc Elrich and signed into law on Nov. 17, 2017, Bill 28-17 raises the minimum wage incrementally, each July 1, reaching $15 per hour for large employers this year. “I was proud to champion the increase in minimum wage when I was a County Councilmember and pleased to see that it has finally reached $15 per hour for large employers,” said Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich. “Montgomery County has been at the forefront of minimum wage policies and t ....
Teachers Rally Against MCPS’ Return-to-School Plans Hundreds of Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) employees drove around the headquarters of the district’s headquarters in Rockville on Tuesday, honking horns and demanding they not return to the classroom until it is safe. Their demonstration held up traffic, according to Montgomery County Police. The route included Hungerford Drive, MD 355 and Mannakee Street. According to MCEA, 900 cars joined the rally and 1,500 people participated. MCPS Board of Education voted to bring students back into the classroom beginning March 1 and continuing through most of April. Members of the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) and SEIU Local 500 rallied “in direct opposition to the recently approved MCPS reopening plan,” they wrote in a press release. The teachers and other school employees are requesting that more space, people and other resources, including improved ventilation, be addressed before returni ....
Hazard pay is ‘sticking point’ in MCPS support staff union negotiations SEIU president says district being ‘disrespectful’ February 20, 2021 | 8:33 pm The president of the union that represents Montgomery County Public Schools’ service workers said the district has been “disrespectful” at times in negotiating facets of its reopening plan. SEIU Local 500 joins the district’s other employee unions one representing teachers and the other representing administrators in publicly expressing frustrations and concerns about MCPS’ reopening plan, set to start in a little more than a week. In an interview with Bethesda Beat this week, SEIU President Pia Morrison said the union’s impact bargaining negotiations which detail working conditions for employees when buildings reopen are continuing. ....