In their second victory since voting to join AFSCME Council 67 in 2008, approximately 4,500 independent home care providers throughout Maryland now have a contract that will help improve the conditions of their work …

July, 2010, Baltimore, MD — On June 29 and 30, 2010, MECU members received loan interest rebates and extraordinary dividends totaling $2,125,000 that were deposited into their accounts. These payments are the first half …

The Young Trade Unionists are hosting a Voter Registration Drive this Saturday, July 17, 2010 from 9am to 11am.
The locations are:
4624 Edmondson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21229
5150 Sinclair Lane, Baltimore, MD 21206
601 E. 33rd Street, …

BOSTON – Delegates to the 39th International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, (AFSCME), today elected Lee Saunders to be the next Secretary-Treasurer of the union …

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, …

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 …

This 2010 edition of “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect” marks the 19th year the AFL-CIO has produced a report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s workers. Since 1970, …

Today, April 28 we honor the men and women who were injured, and killed on the workplace. Each year many Americans lose their lives due to the job positions and AFSCME along with the AFL-CIO …

Dorothy I Heights, 98, one the leading women voices of the 1960s American Civil Rights movement died early Tuesday morning of natural causes.
As a civil rights activist Ms. Heights pushed for racial justice and gender …

The Maryland Constitution mandates that the Governor propose the Budget. The Maryland Constitution only allows the General Assembly to cut the Budget – legislators are not allowed to increase the Budget. The Constitution further mandates …

BALTIMORE, MD (March 26, 2010) – City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young is inviting the citizens of Baltimore to the FY2011 Board of Estimates’ Taxpayers’ Night. Taxpayers’ Night is an opportunity for members of …

Director David E. Scott announced today that Department of Public Works’ Offices will be closed Good Friday, April 2, 2010.
On Good Friday, April 2, 2010:

Trash and recycling WILL NOT BE COLLECTED.
Saturday, April 3, 2010, will …

AFSCME’s Make America Happen Campaign achieved an important victory in the fight to stabilize hemorrhaging state budgets and help those hard hit by the economy when the Senate passed the American Workers, State, and Business …