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 Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Spring Clean Up on Saturday, April 17
03/29/2010 – 11:13 pm | Comments Off
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Spring Clean Up on Saturday, April 17

Please call 311 to register your community.
Containers for debris collection will be available on a first call basis.
Trucks will NOT be available.
Even communities without a container can participate by bagging and stacking debris at a …

Young Trade Unionists 1st Annual Networking and Career Fair
03/21/2010 – 10:58 am | Comments Off
Young Trade Unionists 1st Annual Networking and Career Fair

There will be a diversity of Local Unions including construction apprenticeships, retails, and office professionals. Keynote Speakers will be Congressman Elijah Cummings and Delegate Cheryl Glenn. Participants will have the opportunity to receive an education …

Congressman Elijah E. Cummings Foreclosure Prevention Workshop
01/29/2010 – 12:45 am | Comments Off
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings Foreclosure Prevention Workshop

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

Click here to download the official document for this event
YOU MUST BRING COPIES OF THESE …

Green Jobs Available Through Stimulus (ARRA) Funding
01/11/2010 – 7:10 pm | Comments Off
Green Jobs Available Through Stimulus (ARRA) Funding

The Parks & People Foundation with funding for 18 months from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Federal stimulus funds) will create four …

National Cities of Service – Call To Action Week (January 11th to 14th)
01/11/2010 – 11:01 am | Comments Off
National Cities of Service – Call To Action Week (January 11th to 14th)

Please click here to download the flier that outlines the events and opportunities to volunteer in and throughout Baltimore.

AFSCME Next Wave Toy Drive Partners with Zion Baptist Church
12/17/2009 – 11:46 am | Comments Off
AFSCME Next Wave Toy Drive Partners with Zion Baptist Church

AFSCME Maryland Council 67 and Next Wave is partnering with Zion Baptist Church in efforts to support needy families this Christmas.
Today at 6pm, all AFSCME members are welcome to attend this Multi-cultural event at the …

Trumka, Union Leaders Headed to Jobs Summit Dec. 3
12/02/2009 – 8:31 pm | Comments Off
Trumka, Union Leaders Headed to Jobs Summit Dec. 3

President Barack Obama this week is convening a jobs summit to address the urgent need to create jobs for the more than 26 million unemployed or underemployed workers looking for work in an economy in …

AFSMCE Maryland Council 67 Mourns the Loss of Former President
03/31/2009 – 1:00 pm | Comments Off
AFSMCE Maryland Council 67 Mourns the Loss of Former President

AFSCME Council 67 mourns the loss of our brother Raymond Clarke; former Assistant Director of Maryland state-wide council and Local 44 and executive board member of the Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO. We are deeply saddened …