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Protected: Wage Negotiations Continue: Demanding a Fair Wage Proposal
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Protected: It’s Bargaining Season: Wage Negotiations Begin
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Tentative Agreement Reached!
If you are not an AFSCME member, you can join online here. Every person who joins strengthens our union and allows us to continue to win the pay increases and workplace changes we want to see. After nearly 4 months of negotiations, we are excited to announce that our bargaining team has reached an agreement…
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December 20 and 21 Bargaining Update
The AFSCME Maryland Bargaining Team has been working hard to reach a tentative agreement with the State before the December 31 deadline. We want to win the best deal possible for all of our members. While we were able to reach a tentative agreement on most of the new and existing articles in our last…
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December 6 and December 12 Bargaining Update
Since our last bargaining update, we have had two bargaining sessions with the State: one on Wednesday, December 6 at the AFSCME Maryland office and another on Tuesday, December 12 at State Center. At the December 12 session, the State showed our team the results of a wage study regarding compensation for state employees. The…
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ICYMI: November 29 State Bargaining Town Hall
Last week, we had a bargaining session with the State on Wednesday, November 29. Afterwards, we held our November State Bargaining Town Hall to recap how bargaining sessions have been going and what actions we need to take to win the contract we deserve. If you missed the town hall, you can watch a recording…
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Recap of November 1 and November 15 Bargaining Sessions
This month, we have had two bargaining sessions with the State: one on Wednesday, November 1 at State Center in Baltimore and one on Wednesday, November 15 at the AFSCME Maryland union hall in Baltimore. During these two sessions, we covered the following proposals and topics: In addition to these topics, we also responded to…
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Recap of October 24 Bargaining Session
Last week, our bargaining team met with the State on Tuesday, October 24 at the AFSCME Maryland union hall in Baltimore. We were able to tentatively agree on some technical clean-up language, an increase in bilingual pay, standardization of rights for our bargaining team, and improvements to some language regarding chronic illness. Our AFSCME team…
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Recap of October 18 Bargaining Session
On Wednesday, October 18, the AFSCME Bargaining Team met with the State’s Bargaining Team for our 4th bargaining session at the State Center in Baltimore. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Helene Grady delivered a presentation about the administration’s budget priorities, the most recent state budget closeout report, as well as current budget forecasts.…
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October 2023 State Bargaining Town Hall
Check out our recording of our October State Bargaining Town Hall. We talked about how bargaining is going with the State and how we can take action to win the contract we deserve. Take Action As we continue bargaining with the State, please join us in taking the following actions: It will take all of…
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October 4th and October 11th Recap
In October, we have had two bargaining sessions so far: one on Wednesday, October 4 at State Center in Baltimore and another on Wednesday, October 11 at our union hall at the AFSCME Maryland Bush Street office in Baltimore. In these last two sessions, our AFSCME team gave comprehensive wage proposals to the State that…
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Kicking Off State Bargaining
On Wednesday, September 27, we kicked off our first bargaining session with the State of Maryland at our union hall at our Bush Street office in Baltimore. This year, our entire union contract for state workers is up for negotiation. Our AFSCME Bargaining Team is made up of members from all regions of the state,…
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Introducing Our State Bargaining Team
Our AFSCME Bargaining Team is made up of members from all regions of the state, all of our bargaining units, and across a variety of job classifications and will be representing us at the bargaining table. Below are the members of our AFSCME State Bargaining Team: Diane Williams, COMP Tia McCoy, COMP Jody Curry, COMP…
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Tentative Agreement Reached!
If you are not currently an AFSCME member, you can become one here. As an AFSCME member, you get to help us decide future bargaining priorities and vote on future agreements. After a total of 8 bargaining sessions (including today’s), our AFSCME Maryland bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement with the State and voted…
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Fighting for the Pay Increases We Deserve
Our state bargaining met with the State virtually on Thursday, December 15 due to inclement weather and in-person at the AFSCME Maryland office on Tuesday, December 20. In these past two sessions, we have been able to accomplish the following: We are still discussing additional ASRs for members across the state who are in positions…
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State Stalling on Further Discussions of Pay
On Wednesday, November 30, our state bargaining team met with the State at the State Office Building at 301 W Preston St in Baltimore. Our team pressed the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) repeatedly around our proposals to improve things like training pay, the minimum wage, holiday pay, seniority steps, shift differentials, accreditation pay,…
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Discussions on Grade Increase Proposal, DPSCS Proposal, and More
On Wednesday, November 16, our state bargaining team met in-person with the State at the AFSCME Maryland office in Baltimore. The State came with two counter proposals. First, they countered us on DPSCS bonuses but seemingly met us where we were. They have agreed to $500 bonuses for Field Training Officers (FTOs), which is something…
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Additional Proposals and Slow Response from the State
On Friday, November 4, our state bargaining team met virtually with DBM (Department of Budget and Management) about our economic reopener. The state team was unprepared and did not have any new or counter proposals. Furthermore, they also failed to provide timely information regarding the demographics of the state workforce as well as the history…
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Wage Negotiations Begin
On Friday, October 21, the AFSCME Council 3 bargaining team, made up of member leaders from around the state, met with management to begin bargaining wage increases for next year. Management’s side was led by DBM and agency representatives. Every 3 years, we bargain the entire contract, but most years we are able to “reopen”…