MD governor cuts hazard pay for workers amid pandemic
Despite the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has decided to cut hazard pay for state workers who are continuing to report to their jobs, reports AFSCME Maryland. “Although the state and AFSCME have been diligently working together, there is still major work to do to ensure Marylanders who come into contact with state services are safe,” said Patrick Moran, president of AFSCME Maryland. “The governor is being penny wise and pound foolish by cutting hazard pay to staff on the front lines in daily contact with the general public.” For some workers such as corrections and EMS staff, the union says that shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other resources already pose a challenge to their health and safety during this crisis. “Cutting hazard pay of these essential workers is yet another blow to those on the front lines of the COVID-19 response,” said the union.

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Anonymous wrote:He is going to single handedly destroy the entire economy of the state.

Like we correctly predicted he would in 2018, btw.

Simply 2 stupid statements. Your statements are what this long standing Democrat is beginning to vote Republican at the state and local level in Maryland. Hogan has generally been good on the current crisis. And blaming him for the economic effects here shows a lack of intelligence if not more.

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"We have to re-open everything lest we destroy the economy!" is the current Republican talking point - Hogan excepted.

He is nominally shutting things down. But in reality, he is paying service to the Republican “prioritize the economy over health” line. Y making the essential business exemption so broad. It was broad to begin with but he keeps broadening it day by day. Read the MD office of legal counsel’s interpretive guidelines of the business shutdown. It’s a sham. Tons of people who are not essential still have to go into work.

Businesses seem pretty closed to me, as I drove around MoCo this afternoon. Sorry, I do not buy your argument. I would vote for Hogan again, and I am a registered Dem.

You don’t need to buy my argument. Read the interpretive guidelines and you can see how many companies that are not really essential are still open. Hogan is prioritizing business lobbyists over public health. If I die because my husband gives me covid from his workplace, Hogan will be directly responsible for my death.

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Anonymous wrote:He is going to single handedly destroy the entire economy of the state.

Like we correctly predicted he would in 2018, btw.

Simply 2 stupid statements. Your statements are what this long standing Democrat is beginning to vote Republican at the state and local level in Maryland. Hogan has generally been good on the current crisis. And blaming him for the economic effects here shows a lack of intelligence if not more.

?

"We have to re-open everything lest we destroy the economy!" is the current Republican talking point - Hogan excepted.

He is nominally shutting things down. But in reality, he is paying service to the Republican “prioritize the economy over health” line. Y making the essential business exemption so broad. It was broad to begin with but he keeps broadening it day by day. Read the MD office of legal counsel’s interpretive guidelines of the business shutdown. It’s a sham. Tons of people who are not essential still have to go into work.

Businesses seem pretty closed to me, as I drove around MoCo this afternoon. Sorry, I do not buy your argument. I would vote for Hogan again, and I am a registered Dem.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He is going to single handedly destroy the entire economy of the state.

Like we correctly predicted he would in 2018, btw.

Simply 2 stupid statements. Your statements are what this long standing Democrat is beginning to vote Republican at the state and local level in Maryland. Hogan has generally been good on the current crisis. And blaming him for the economic effects here shows a lack of intelligence if not more.

?

"We have to re-open everything lest we destroy the economy!" is the current Republican talking point - Hogan excepted.

He is nominally shutting things down. But in reality, he is paying service to the Republican “prioritize the economy over health” line. Y making the essential business exemption so broad. It was broad to begin with but he keeps broadening it day by day. Read the MD office of legal counsel’s interpretive guidelines of the business shutdown. It’s a sham. Tons of people who are not essential still have to go into work.

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Anonymous wrote:New poster, also a lifelong Democrat. Hogan is doing a great job and I'm so relieved that he's not showing the Republican streak of science-denial. He's been acting to preserve lives. I know he's in his second term now, but I'd vote for him if an election were held today.

+1 I've never been a fan of Hogan, but I feel like he's done a wonderful job during this crisis!

You guys are falling for his sham shutdown. Read the interpretive guidance. It’s definition of who is essential is ridiculously broad and means that tons of people who are not essential are still being pressured by their companies to report to work. Including someone in my household. I could die because Hogan’s order is so broadly drafted.