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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AFSCME Mourns The Loss of Dorothy Heights
04/21/2010 – 10:42 pm | Comments Off
AFSCME Mourns The Loss of Dorothy Heights

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 …

Maryland General Assembly 2010 Session Wrap-Up
04/21/2010 – 10:40 pm | Comments Off

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 …

City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young Announces Board of Estimates’ Taxpayers’ Night
04/01/2010 – 12:55 pm | Comments Off
City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young Announces Board of Estimates’ Taxpayers’ Night

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 …

Good Friday Holiday Notice
03/29/2010 – 11:16 pm | Comments Off
Good Friday Holiday Notice

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 …

Senate Passes Jobs Bill that Delivers Aid to States; Extends Unemployment Insurance Benefits and COBRA Subsidies
03/15/2010 – 12:51 pm | Comments Off
Senate Passes Jobs Bill that Delivers Aid to States; Extends Unemployment Insurance Benefits and COBRA Subsidies

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 …

Building a World-Class Workforce – A Message from the Governor
03/04/2010 – 10:02 pm | Comments Off
Building a World-Class Workforce – A Message from the Governor

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 …

Natural Disaster Strikes Haiti
01/15/2010 – 11:18 am | Comments Off
Natural Disaster Strikes Haiti

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 …

Six Officers Fired In Baltimore City
01/06/2010 – 3:15 pm | Comments Off
Six Officers Fired In Baltimore City

The Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, including the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Facility, handles more arrestees than any other Correctional Facility in the State of Maryland, however, the Administration of Public Safety administers …