Preaching the importance of respect, dignity and justice for low-wage workers at a Labor Day prayer service and rally, the men and women who clean Camden Yards called off a planned hunger strike today to give the Maryland Stadium Authority a few more days to sign a binding “living wage” agreement that the workers have demanded.
Organizers with the United Workers Association, a human rights group founded by homeless day laborers in Baltimore, said they were encouraged by public remarks Friday from Gov. Martin O'Malley and Frederick W. Puddester, chairman of the stadium authority.
Both expressed support for a living wage for the part-time workers who clean the state-owned Orioles and Ravens stadiums on game days.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Md. Gov. O'Malley Supports Living Wage for Workers
From the Baltimore Sun: Stadium cleanup workers postpone hunger strike
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