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[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"35575","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"1950","style":"text-align: center; width: 100%; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"2600"}}]] Labor was out in full force at Lawyers Mall in Annapolis as the AFL-CIO held their annual legislative rally on Monday, March 21st, to promote and advance issues important to organized labor. There was a wide range of support from a cross section of labor unions. Electricians, steamfitters and plumbers, government employees, teachers, and health care professionals were among the many who were in attendance. Read More

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[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"72619","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-right","style":"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 33%; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: right;"}}]]Join AFT-Maryland for a presentation on Understanding Workers' Compand Maryland Presumptive Language on COVID-19. Tuesday, February 23, 2021from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.via Zoom Webinar. CLICK FOR Read More

The following is a listing of retirement and pension legislation, and other bills of interest to union members. Read More

The following is a listing of the healthcare legislation being monitored by AFT-Maryland lobbyists and staff. Read More

The race for Maryland’s next Governor is down to its last few days, and we’re asking for one more push to help us Get Out the Vote. Come out this weekend to help us! [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"24889","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"width: 75%; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]] This Saturday, from 10am-2pm, come to the AFT-Maryland Headquarters (5800 Metro Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, 21215) for an afternoon of knocking on fellow union members’ doors to encourage them to vote. We will fan out in teams to key locations in Baltimore City and Baltimore County to help get out the vote! Don’t sit this election out! Read More

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[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"24678","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-right","style":"width: 150px; height: 150px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 3px; float: right;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]We need your help to get out the vote for the upcoming General Election! AFT-Maryland is coordinating volunteers to make phone calls Mondays through Thursdays and Saturdays until Nov. 3rd. Call to sign up for a shift! We are also canvassing neighborhoods with Labor-to-Labor Door-to-Door walks, Wednesday evenings and Saturdays. We are union members talking to other union members, encouraging our brothers & sisters to come out to vote on November 4th. Schedules and contact information are below. Come out and join us! Read More

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[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"23965","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-left","style":"width: 200px; height: 150px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; float: left; margin: 5px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]"Put SENIORS First" Rally Stand up to GOP policies that hurt seniors. Join us as we stand up for seniors. Thursday September 18, the “Put Seniors First” Rally at 1:30 pm on Capitol Hill. Help us protect Social Security and Medicare from benefit cuts, privatization and vouchers. Click for Read More

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[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"20264","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-right","style":"width: 200px; height: 127px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: right;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]JOIN US for a Union Rally! Sponsored by Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO March 24, 2014, 6-9 pm at Lawyer's Mall in Annapolis ( http://aftmd.us/lawyersmall) Wear your BLUE AFT t-shirts with pride! Click here for more info ---> Read More

That’s right. Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has submitted a budget that calls for reducing the state’s contribution to the pension plan by $100 million dollars a year. That’s not fair! Click here to tell your legislators to vote against cutting the state's contribution to the pension fund. Two years ago, that state required you to increase your contribution to the employee pension fund. In return, the legislature promised to contribute $300 million per year to that fund. Now, Governor O’Malley is breaking that promise. There are several problems with the governor’s proposal: Read More