2-Cents Makes Sense: Baltimore City Passes 2 Cent Bottle Tax
07/06/2010 – 8:38 pm | Comments Off

In an 8-4 vote on Thursday City Council approves the Beverage Container Tax.
After months of debate and hours of negotiations, AFSCME is victorious. For months, AFSCME leaders have flooded City Hall hearings declaring “4 -Cents …

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Mayor Rawlings-Blake Tours City Cleaning Services
06/23/2010 – 3:59 pm | Comments Off
Mayor Rawlings-Blake Tours City Cleaning Services

Today, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was joined by Councilman Edward Reisinger and Councilman Robert Curran to call for an up-or-down vote on the proposed beverage container fee and highlighted critical services that keep Baltimore clean—street sweeping, …

Rally: June 7th, 4pm – Save City Services; Save City Jobs 600 Layoffs
06/04/2010 – 11:04 am | Comments Off
Rally: June 7th, 4pm – Save City Services; Save City Jobs 600 Layoffs

Urgent Message from Glen Middleton, President, AFSCME Local 44
Rally: Monday, June 7, 4pm at City Hall (100 N. Holiday Street)
SAVE CITY JOBS, SAVE CITY SERVICES, 600 LAYOFFS
To prevent massive layoffs, the City must raise …

House of Representatives Puts Public Services and Jobs at Risk
06/02/2010 – 10:11 pm | Comments Off
House of Representatives Puts Public Services and Jobs at Risk

Failure to Include Funds for Jobless Health Benefits and Medicaid Will Cause Mass Job Loss
Washington, DC – AFSCME today condemned the decision of the House of Representatives to drop the extension of federal matching funds …

Pink slips coming next week for up to 600 city workers, reports Sun
05/25/2010 – 9:13 am | Comments Off
Pink slips coming next week for up to 600 city workers, reports Sun

Six hundred layoff notices are slated to land on the desks of Baltimore union leaders next week, as the City Council scrambles to reach an agreement over a bevy of competing tax proposals to plug …

Friends & Family Night at English American Tailoring Company
05/19/2010 – 11:30 pm | Comments Off

Metro Baltimore Council AFL-CIO Announces The Friends & Family Night at English American Tailoring Company on Wednesday, June 2, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Senator Barbara Mikulski’s Re-Election Announcement Tour
05/06/2010 – 10:21 pm | Comments Off
Next Wave Karaoke Party – May 15th
05/06/2010 – 10:09 pm | Comments Off
Baltimore City Council Tax Payers’ Night Out Rally to Fight Against 250 Job Cuts and to Save Community Services
05/01/2010 – 12:17 am | Comments Off
Baltimore City Council Tax Payers’ Night Out Rally to Fight Against 250 Job Cuts and to Save Community Services

Baltimore City Council Tax Payers’ Night Out
Rally to Fight Against 250 Job Cuts and to Save Community Services
Monday, May 10th at 5:00pm
Come and voice your concern about the proposed layoffs/firing, reduction of community services and City spending …