The Community Trust Act protects all residents. AFSCME Maryland thanks the Maryland Senate Leadership and the Judicial Proceedings Committee for looking out for all Marylanders. Read more here: bit.ly/SB791
We were out in Wicomico County meeting some of our newest public service workers at the Wicomico Health Department New Employee Orientation and talking about the AFSCME Maryland Difference 💪
AFSCME Local 2471 President Tunisia Gannon is a Chief Custodian with over 21 years of service in Harford County Public Schools. She and her coworkers work hard to make sure the schools are a safe and welcoming environment for the children every day. Read more on afscmemd.org/updates!
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Congrats to AFSCME Local 227 member Lisa Thomas for being recognized by DPSCS in their employee spotlight, recognizing Lisa's hard work as a maintenance supervisor in the West Region. Watch Lisa when she testified on behalf of MD's state workers about the serious understaffing issues: bit.ly/41iP9GA
AFSCME Local 227 has been out making waves and building our union with site visits all across Maryland. We're AFSCME Maryland Strong!
Here's our 'Top 3 from Council 3'. 💫 To read the full newsletter, go to afscmemd.org/newsletter!
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Listen to AFSCME Local 6359 member Henry Stover talk about the important programs Howard County Library workers provide - programs and staff that deserve fair funding and budget transparency. Send a letter to library leaders here 👉bit.ly/HOCO-55-Letter
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📣 Our final chance to get our bills across the finish line is here! 📣 Join us next Monday, March 23rd @ 5:30 PM in Annapolis for our AFSCME Crossover Lobby Night - we need to show up for this final push loud and AFSCME Strong! 👉️ RSVP at bit.ly/2026-Lobby-nights
Local 112's newest stewards are looking sharp and ready to enforce their union contract on the job 💪
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Listen to AFSCME Local 6359 member Jess Lee speak demand fair funding and budget transparency for the Howard County library system. The work that library staff does daily builds a stronger community for all of us, send a letter to library leaders here 👉bit.ly/HOCO-55-Letter
Maryland's heat standards are strong for a reason – to protect workers doing dangerous work. Hear AFSCME Local 44 member Kim Farabee talk about the difference these standards have made in her and her coworkers' lives. Watering them down will only mean one thing – more workers' lives at risk.
Join us in getting important bills across the finish line by showing up and making your voices heard! Join us for weekly lobby nights in Annapolis, every Monday at 5:30PM. RSVP here now 👉 bit.ly/2026-Lobby-nights
Not investing in state workers and infrastructure has a hefty cost, and Maryland's taxpayers are footing the bill. Listen to AFSCME Local 1803 President Juan Carter talk about having less than half of their trucks available during our recent January snowstorm.
"It's not leadership to sacrifice workers' jobs to pay yourself first." –AFSCME MD President Patrick Moran. Our library workers deserve fairness and transparency, not lies and scapegoating during a budget crisis that library leadership caused. Send a letter to HCLS now 👉bit.ly/HOCO-55-Letter
Join us next Monday, March 16th @ 5:30 PM in Annapolis for our AFSCME Lobby Night! This session we have lobbied hard for our priorities, and this push is so important to get our bills over the finish line - we need ALL our voices together, loud and strong 👉️ RSVP at bit.ly/2026-Lobby-nights
Another steward training in the books, growing our union power every day! 💪 Several members attended our Central Region Steward Training last week, learning more about using our contracts to protect our rights in the workplace and keep our union strong.
AFSCME Local 112 member Stanton Owens spends every day making sure Maryland's children and families get the support they need and deserve. But with chronic understaffing and unmanageable caseloads, Stanton and his coworkers can't keep up with the demands and Maryland's children suffer the most.
"We are front line workers. We are the ones that protect Marylanders." -AFSCME Local 112 Pres. Debra Latson says it best, we are out here doing the work and deserve better pay, better staffing and better working conditions for the important work we do. Join us in the fight 👉️ bit.ly/2026-Lobby-nights
Local 1072 Executive Board member Dionne Williams is a contract administrator for University of MD College Park and works hard to help the university secure critical research funding. She's also recently taken her story to the state house in Annapolis, read more on afscmemd.org/updates!
"When you treat essential workers as expendable during a crisis, they leave." AFSCME Local 631 Pres. Wynton Johnson on what it's really like for state workers in MD - workers are out in all conditions making sure our roads are clear and safe and more, but aren't paid fairly or respected for it.
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Paying state workers fairly for the high skill level work they do should be a no brainer. Listen to AFSCME Local 227 member Lisa Thomas talk about how her high-quality work saves the state hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly - dangerous work that deserves fair compensation.
Invest in public services and the workers that provide them, no exceptions. 🗣️ That's the message we took to Annapolis last night during our Union Night Rally, standing proudly with our fellow union family from across the state. RSVP to our upcoming lobby nights at bit.ly/2026-Lobby-nights!
Howard Co Library Workers United (HCLWU) and community members successfully got 55 on-call staff reinstated but the fight isn’t over! Send a letter to HCLS calling for permanent funding for on-call staff and budget transparency 👉bit.ly/HOCO-55-Letter
Join us next Monday, March 9th @ 6:00 PM in Annapolis for our Union Night! We'll be rallying in front of the state house and talking to legislators about protecting workers' rights and more 👉️ RSVP at bit.ly/2026-Lobby-nights
Earlier this week, Local 1459 President Debbie Micheals spoke at the UMBC budget hearing urging delegates to fully fund the negotiated raises for USM employees. 💪
