Blow to Working People

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Governor Ehrlich is closing two offices that protect workers in a move that CASA advocate Kim Propeack called "horrifying."

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By Sumathi Reddy
Sun Staff
Originally published January 30, 2005

Hundreds of immigrant workers across Maryland each year come to the Latino advocacy group CASA, complaining about earned wages they say they were not paid. Hundreds of workers on state construction projects come to union officials each year, saying they aren't getting paid the prevailing wage.

Yet even as immigrant and labor groups say the need for labor law enforcement remains strong, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is proposing to scrap the two units designed to enforce those laws - a move some say might be illegal, and one they vow to fight.

"It's horrifying," said Kim Propeack, a lobbyist for CASA. "There's a real crisis in the state of Maryland with the nonpayment of wages."

Advocates for labor say that reductions have already weakened these agencies.

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