As leaders of America’s health insurance companies meet today, inside the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington DC , hundreds of AFSCME members joined thousands of demonstrators in the nation’s capital for a mass citizens arrest.  …

Today, Lt. Governor Brown and I visited Prince George’s Community College to launch a new, major workforce development initiative called Skills2Compete – Maryland, which will align our job creation efforts with the skills-training needed for …

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDER ON HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
East Room – 4:54 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  Please have a seat.  (Applause.)  Thank you very much.  Well, it is …

Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
FORECLOSURE PREVENTION WORKSHOP SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 6, 2010 9:00am – 3:00pm
Woodlawn Senior High School
1801 Woodlawn Drive, Gwynn Oak, Maryland, 21207

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Governor O’Malley released his FY 2011 budget this week. Unfortunately, in our Union’s estimation, he plugged a nearly $2 billion shortfall with cuts and budget maneuvers and no new revenues. The proposed $13.2 …

On January 18, our nation celebrates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. AFSCME has a particular tie to Dr. King and his causes. For it was in Memphis, where he joined 1,300 AFSCME …

On January 12th, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake destroyed Port-au-Prince, Haiti, leaving an estimated 50, 000 people dead and over 3 million without bare necessities such as food and clean water.
We are asking that the members …

We encourage you to spread the word about tax credits which may benefit your membership, low-wage workers we are organizing and other workers in your community.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) included …