2024 MD Senate race: on Jobs

Angela Alsobrooks: Raise minimum wage to $15/hr. and index it to inflation

Angela is an advocate for raising the minimum wage in Maryland to $15 an hour and believes it should be done federally. As a Senator, she will support increasing the minimum wage and indexing any increase to inflation to ensure that families can keep up with the cost of living. Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com Feb 16, 2024

Angela Alsobrooks: Pass the PRO Act to strengthen workers' rights

She is committed to protecting workers' rights. Building an economy that works for all Marylanders requires a commitment to the people who make that economy work. Angela will be a strong supporter of passing the PRO Act in the Senate to strengthen workers' rights to collective bargaining and make it harder for corporations to prevent workers from organizing. Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com Feb 16, 2024

Angela Alsobrooks: Accused of not including Latinos in county administration

Nearly a dozen current and former officials accused County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) of failing to hire a single person of Hispanic descent to an agency-level position since her election nearly three years ago. "Where are the Latinos in Prince George's County Government?" the group asked in a statement, accusing Alsobrooks of being "stubbornly closed to the inclusion of Latinos in the county's public affairs." Source: WTOP 103.5 FM on 2024 Maryland Senate race Oct 5, 2021

Angela Alsobrooks: Strengthen collective bargaining rights

Labor

Angela Alsobrooks (D): Easier. Is "committed to protecting workers' rights." Supports a bill to strengthen collective bargaining rights and protect the right to organize.
Larry Hogan (R): Harder. Vetoed bills to expand collective rights for college employees. In 2016 called teachers' union leaders "thugs."

Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race Aug 8, 2024

Larry Hogan: 2016: called teachers' union leaders "thugs"

Labor

Angela Alsobrooks (D): Easier. Is "committed to protecting workers' rights." Supports a bill to strengthen collective bargaining rights and protect the right to organize.
Larry Hogan (R): Harder. Vetoed bills to expand collective rights for college employees. In 2016 called teachers' union leaders "thugs."

Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race Aug 8, 2024

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