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State Revenue Options in the current fiscal crisis: a resource guide. See where Maryland stands financially and what we can do to move away from this crisis.
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Brenda Clayburn, President
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
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Here's how we can prevent further cutbacks, layoffs, and furloughs for state workers!
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AFT-Maryland is issuing a petition to be signed by state workers advocating compensation for the recent job cuts.
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Union proposes ways of reducing state budget deficit with least harm to employees.
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Two AFT-Maryland local unions met with administration, as Governor prepares to address board with $280 million in cuts to offset revenue shortfall.
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QuEST 2009 Highlights
Highlights from the recently concluded 2009 AFT QuEST conference in Washington, D.C., included AFT president Randi Weingarten's keynote address, a town hall meeting with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, a panel on community schools and remarks from U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. Daily updates from the conference, as well as video highlights, can be found on the AFT's QuEST 2009 Web site.
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 On June 22, President Obama announced a nationwide service initiative, United We Serve, which is the beginning of a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to meet community needs and make service a way of life for all Americans. |
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Maryland Unions Push Through Fair Share Legislation
Public employee unions in "Nonunion workers benefit when the union negotiates a contract for better wages, healthcare coverage, and other employment terms and conditions," says AFT-Maryland president Lorretta Johnson, who is also the AFT's executive vice president. "Because nonunion workers benefit from the work unions do on their behalf, we feel it is only fair that these nonunion workers share in the cost of that work." AFT-Maryland and other unions in the state, with strong support from Gov. Martin O'Malley, lobbied hard for the bill in this legislative session. Almost 1,000 union members gathered in April 14, 2009 |
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Employee Free Choice Act
Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, which was introduced March 10 in both houses of Congress, would be an important step in protecting workers who want to form a union without interference from employers who often ruthlessly beat back those efforts to unionize, AFT president Randi Weingarten says.
Following the introduction of the act, the AFT is urging members, as part of the “Fight for America’s Future: It’s Dollars and Sense” campaign, to call or write to their senators and representatives to support the legislation's swift passage. For more information, resources and easy links to your representatives in Congress, go to http://www.aft.org/fight4america. |
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Union members will gather in Annapolis March 23 to fight for fair share legislation!
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AFT-Maryland seeks Executive Assistant.
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Please see the following article.
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CUB provides the full text of the Memorandum of Understanding Between the City Union of Baltimore and the Mayor and City Council. |
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CUB Announces Its Seasonal Festivities! |
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President Clayburn provides a CUB activities update.
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Full Text of the CUB 2009-2010 MOU for City Employees.
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