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[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"42452","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-right","style":"width: 25%; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;"}}]] Join AFT-Maryland forLOBBY NIGHT IN ANNAPOLISMonday, January 30th, 2017 Buses will depart from AFT-Maryland at 5:15 p.m.4701 Mt. Hope Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215 Sandwiches & Soft drinks will be provided on the bus. For more information and to RESERVE YOUR SEAT on the bus, contact Todd Reynolds (443)320-4719 or treynolds@aftmd.org. IN ADDITION.... Read More

The AFT-Maryland welcomed eight candidates ( Elizabeth Embry, Calvin Young, Sheila Dixon, David Warnock, Cindy Walsh, Nick Mosby, Carl Stokes, and Catherine Pugh) for mayor of Baltimore to a standing room only members forum, where they had an opportunity to address members' concerns, including education spending, school board appointment, collective bargaining for city employees, and the sale of public utilities. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"34393","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"width: 423px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]] Read More

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"34357","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"width: 100%; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]] Last year, Governor Hogan put our members on high alert. He cut funding to Baltimore City Public Schools, demanded cutting each state agency by 2% and attempted to remove collective bargaining rights from teachers and staff at public charters schools. Because of YOUR efforts in Annapolis last year, we were able to keep the 2% for state and government workers, and protect collective bargaining rights teachers and staff at public charter schools. JOIN US again this year! Read more... Read More

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"33419","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"250","style":"width: 100%; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"500"}}]] *** RESCHEDULED *** Due to the blizzard and hazardous road conditions, the Lobby Night scheduled for Mon. Jan. 25th has been rescheduled for Mon. Feb. 22nd.We hope you'll join us then! Read More

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland Senate voted unanimously Thursday for the state’s $40 billion budget. For the full article, visit The Washington Post. Excerpts follow: Read More

Last chance to fight the 2% pay cut for public employees!Last chance to save Public Education Funding! Rally against the Governor’s Budget, March 16th The Senate and House of Delegates are in the most critical stages in determining the state’s operating budget. This is our last chance to make our voice heard to save education in Baltimore City! And this is our last chance to make our voice heard to fight against Governor Hogan’s 2% pay cut to public employees! Read More

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"27011","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"width: 100%; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]] It's one thing to work to get officials elected; it's another to lobby them for action. In an effort to lobby their elected representatives, AFT-Maryland took to Annapolis on February 9th to let State Delegates and Senators know just how they felt about a number of issues. Read More

Members of our locals celebrate the holidays in many ways. On Friday, December 5th, members of the City Union of Baltimore gathered for their annual holiday party and program at the IBEW Local 24 Union Hall in Baltimore. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"26292","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"239","style":"width: 100%; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"500"}}]] Read More

AFT is joining with the National Action Network for their Justice for All March #justice4all. Saturday, Dec. 13th, 2014 . AFT-Maryland will be providing BUS TRANSPORTATION FROM BALTIMORE. See below for details. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"26000","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"width: 100%;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]] Read More

AFT Maryland affiliates including members of the Baltimore Teachers Union and the City Union of Baltimore joined with AFT National and other labor unions and progressive organizations at a Sept. 18 rally on Capitol Hill to protect seniors' hard earned benefits. Speakers included Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Keith Ellison (D-MN). [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"24285","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"305","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"500"}}]] Read More

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"22760","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-left","style":"width: 150px; height: 113px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]Delegates from AFT-Maryland locals joined the AFT Rally to support US Postal Workers and STOP STAPLES outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Maryland delegates represented Baltimore Teachers Union, BCFPE, BCFPHN, City Union of Baltimore, MPEC, and AFT Healthcare-Maryland. Read More

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"21837","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-left","height":"612","style":"width: 100px; height: 123px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"496"}}]]Attention All Registered Voters! You can earn $150.00 working as an election judge. On behalf of the Labor Commissioner, please find attached information concerning Election Judges needed for the upcoming Gubernatorial Primary Election. (CLICK HERE for the Flyer.) Read More

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"12143","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-right","height":"300","style":"width: 100px; height: 100px; margin: 0px 5px; float: right;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"300"}}]] Assembly to consider 'death with dignity,' charter school bills this week The Baltimore Sun, 03/23/15 Lawmakers call for change on city schools leave pay The Baltimore Sun, 03/23/15 Solidarity wins at Rutgers SocialistWorker.org, 03/23/15 Baltimore schools paying millions in additional income The Baltimore Sun, 03/22/15 Gov. Hogan’s charter bill is in trouble; Md. lawmakers striking key provisions The Washington Post, 03/22/15 Governor Scott Walker vs. Unions Huffington Post, 03/22/15 Gov. Bruce Rauner's Anti-Union Proposal Illegal, Illinois Attorney General Says Huffington Post, 03/21/15 Read More

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"21437","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-right","style":"width: 150px; height: 112px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 3px; float: right;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]AFT Executive Vice President Lorretta Johnson and members of AFT-Maryland joined other union activists and Maryland political candidates April 26, 2014, for the Maryland/District of Columbia (MD/DC) AFL-CIO “Labor Kick-off and Canvass” for endorsed candidates. MD/DC AFL-CIO President Fred Mason, Jr., and Secretary-Treasurer Donna Edwards hosted the kickoff event... Read More

Join your fellow union members and members of the Maryland Senate and House of Delegates at the AFT-Maryland 2014 Legislative Reception. Jan. 29, 5:30-7:30 at the Maryland Inn, 16 Church Cir., Annapolis. Read more... Read More

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"18908","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-right","height":"201","style":"width: 150px; height: 150px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: right;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"201"}}]] Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 Buses leave from AFT-Maryland's parking lot at 5:30 p.m., and will return around 9:00 p.m. Sandwiches & soft drinks will be provided on the bus. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP. Read More

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"16802","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-left","height":"302","style":"width: 150px; height: 148px; margin: 5px; float: left;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"307"}}]]In an effort to get our membership plugged-in to the issues affecting them in their workplace, their community, and their political surroundings, AFT-Maryland has developed a survey to see which issues are the most important to our members. Please take a couple of minutes to respond to this survey. Click here to take the survey online: http://aftmd.us/aftmdsurvey2013 Read More

An open letter to Maryland State Governor Martin O'Malley from AFT-Maryland President, Marietta English. The letter expresses concern and disappointment with the inability of our political leaders to reach agreement over our state budget. 23 counties and the city of Baltimore will lose over $260 million, with the impact hitting hardest in areas that are most reliant on state revenues and that can least afford the reductions. Everyday people will be affected in every way. Read More