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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Union Survey on Influenza Pandemic Finds Lack of Adequate Health and Safety Measures For Health Care Workers
05/01/2009 – 1:40 pm | Comments Off
Union Survey on Influenza Pandemic Finds Lack of Adequate Health and Safety Measures For Health Care Workers

Union Survey on Influenza Pandemic Finds Lack of Adequate Health and Safety Measures For Health Care Workers
McEntee praises Obama request for$1.5 billion in additional funding

Washington, DC — A new union survey of more than 100 …

McEntee on King Anniversary: We Must Create an America That Lives Up to Its Ideals
04/03/2009 – 5:23 pm | Comments Off
McEntee on King Anniversary: We Must Create an America That Lives Up to Its Ideals

Statement from AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the anniversary of the 1968 AFSCME Sanitation Strike in Memphis and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Washington, D.C. — AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee issued …

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 …

One Maryland
03/25/2009 – 7:30 pm | No Comment
One Maryland

A Message from the Governor Covering the Uninsured
Over the past two years, we’ve expanded access to quality, affordable healthcare to 100,000 more Marylanders through expanded dental coverage for children, increased Medicaid funding, enhanced prescription drug coverage for …

The Earned Income Tax Credit Puts Dollars Back in Working Families Pockets
02/16/2009 – 3:44 pm | No Comment
The Earned Income Tax Credit Puts Dollars Back in Working Families Pockets

The Earned income tax credit could put dollars back in the pockets of many working families in Maryland. Maryland is one of the 20 states that offer earned income tax credit to lower –to- middle …

Governor Martin O’Malley discusses his plans for Maryland in his third State of The State Address
02/16/2009 – 3:36 pm | No Comment
Governor Martin O’Malley discusses his plans for Maryland in his third State of The State Address

With the downfall of the economy, Democratic Governor O’Malley, predicts hope to the General Assembly for the upcoming years in distinct reference to the newly elected President Barack Obama. In his 30 minute speech O’Malley …

Barack Obama Elected As Nation’s First Black President
12/18/2008 – 5:53 pm | No Comment
Barack Obama Elected As Nation’s First Black President

Dec 16 2008 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As 13 electors cast ballots Monday for the nation’s first black president in the Confederacy’s old Capitol, Henry Marsh emotionally recalled the smartest man he ever knew — …

AFL-CIO Old Fashioned Political Rally
10/27/2008 – 10:27 pm | No Comment
AFL-CIO Old Fashioned Political Rally

AFL-CIA Old Fashion Political Rally On Thursday on October 16, 2008