The AFT-Maryland and the Baltimore Teachers Union joined with the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools (AROS) and participated in a national day of action on October 6th. The Baltimore action was a walk-in for the schools and communities ALL our children deserve. Although there were walk-ins all across Baltimore City, the AFT-Maryland focused on four schools in the Cherry Hill community. Staff and volunteers greeted students and parents at Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle, Arundel Elementary/Middle, Carter G. Woodson Elementary, and New Era Academy as they arrived at school. 

Parents signed up to

The AFT-Maryland was active in the Baltimore community Saturday Sept. 17th, participating in two events. The first was an AFL-CIO kickoff for Maryland. The event featured politicians from across the state rallying supporters and energizing the base in advance of this November’s elections. It was a well-attended, star studded affair that featured the likes of Sen. Ben Cardin, Congressman John Sarbanes, Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Congressman C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger and former Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown.

They were greeted by an excited audience of union members and supporters who listened to

The Maryland/DC AFL-CIO will hold its Labor 2016 Kick Off event at the Baltimore Teachers Union on Saturday, September 17, 2016.

9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Canvassing Door-to-door for Endorsed Candidates

12:30 p.m. Picnic and Rally

at the Baltimore Teachers Union/AFT-Maryland
4701 Mount Hope Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215
(Temporary office, across the street from BTU's building, currently under construction.)

RSVP to: Kim Tucker (410) 269-1940 or email to ktucker@mddcaflcio.org.

Click here for an event flyer.

The AFT-Maryland stood in support of Chase Brexton Health Services workers who were terminated for trying to form a union. Staff and members of the federation joined more than a hundred other activist and community members to protest decisions by the clinic’s administration to fire workers.

The clinic is unique in Baltimore in that it serves low income members of the LGBTQ community. The event was organized by 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and the Baltimore Transgender Alliance. AFT-Maryland Political Coordinator Todd Reynolds said “this is at once an attack on working people and a