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 …
Obama Speaks on Healthcare at the University of Maryland Comcast Center on September 17th, 2009
The 2009 AFL-CIO Convention just got a message from the top leaders in Congress: We stand with you and with America’s workers.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the leader of the U.S. House, and Senate Majority Leader …
With the convening of the 26th AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention this afternoon in Pittsburgh, nearly 2,000 delegates, alternates and guests took part in the formal opening ceremony and paid tribute to retiring AFL-CIO President John Sweeney. …
AFSCME Maryland Council 67 ratified their contract with the County for the Prince George’s County Crossing Guards Local 241. On August 25, Prince George’s County Crossing Guards were able to come to a consensus with …
At the AFL-CIO Labor Day Picnic in Cincinnati, President Obama speaks on labor, and the hope to “combine the enduring values that have served us so well for so long: hard work and responsibility.”
This summer, get ready to rock out for real health care reform. AFSCME’s Highway to Health Care Tour is hitting the road and we want you to come along.
http://www.highway2healthcare.org
Health care isn’t working for …
AFSCME Nurses urge Congress to support President Obama and pass H.R. 3200. Now.
Baltimore, MD (August 4, 2009) – Glen Middleton gave us two buttons that states “ The Union supports the Red Line” and “AFSCME supports the Red Line “ stated Governor Martin O’Malley in …
The Bureau of Solid Waste will launch a Graffiti Blitz from July 3rd-July 31st. The Graffiti Blitz is a citywide effort to remove graffiti from playgrounds, rec centers, public buildings, alleys and vacant properties. If …
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 …
Last month, City Council members pushed the beverage container tax to the back of the City’s budget, but thanks to AFSCME and the members of Local 44 the beverage container tax is back on the …
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