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Union workers flock to city hall to protest cuts, wage freeze

City union employees flooded the Takoma Park public hearing Monday night to protest the layoffs and wage freeze proposed in the city manager’s draft of the 2011 budget.
About 30 union employees, mostly from the city’s …

Ready to Fight! Ready to Lead! 39th Biennial Convention in Boston, MA
Ready to Fight! Ready to Lead! 39th Biennial Convention in Boston, MA

AFSCME will hold its 39th Biennial Convention in Boston, MA, June 28-July 2. More than 5,000 delegates and guests from across the country will come together to focus on expanding our organizing efforts, securing important …

Bill to Cut Youth Wages Headed to House Floor!

On March 23, 2010 House Bill 1792 was passed out of committee. This amended version of the bill we told you about last month would reduce the minimum wage for workers 18 and Under. For …

City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young Announces Board of Estimates’ Taxpayers’ Night
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
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 …

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Spring Clean Up on Saturday, April 17
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
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 …

Senate Passes Jobs Bill that Delivers Aid to States; Extends Unemployment Insurance Benefits and COBRA Subsidies
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 …