We’ve reached a tentative agreement with the University System of Maryland! For the first time in history, we have a unified contract for the entire system, raising the bar for workers at all of the campuses across the university system. The strength of our union comes directly from our membership. Every person who joins our […]
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On Wednesday, February 7, the AFSCME Maryland Bargaining Team met with the University System of Maryland for another bargaining session at the AFSCME Maryland Bush Street office in Baltimore. It was another long bargaining session that lasted well after midnight. We were able to make significant progress on a number of issues, including the following: […]
Since our last bargaining update, we have had the following bargaining sessions with the University System of Maryland (USM): November 20 and 21 at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) campus, November 28 at the AFSCME Maryland offices in Baltimore, and December 1 at the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute in College Park. The […]
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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September 29th Bargaining Update
Last Friday, September 29, we held another bargaining session with the University System of Maryland (USM) at our AFSCME Maryland Union Hall in Baltimore. Early on in this process, our AFSCME bargaining team provided multiple comprehensive proposals, covering a range of issues, including pay, leave, the use of contractual employees, and more. But in this […]
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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, […]
Since our last bargaining update, we have had two in-person bargaining sessions with the University System of Maryland (USM), one at the AFSCME Maryland office in Baltimore on Wednesday, August 30 and one at Coppin State University on Wednesday, September 13. August 30 Bargaining Session At the August 30th session, we had a surprise visit […]
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. On Wednesday, May 17, AFSCME met with the University System of Maryland (USM) for an in-person bargaining session at the University of Maryland Baltimore. The […]
Earlier this month, Senator Ben Kramer and Delegate Jared Solomon sent a letter to USM Chancellor Jay Perman reiterating their support of USM workers and reminding the USM of the intent of SB9. You can read the letter that Senator Kramer and Delegate Solomon sent here. Senator Kramer and Delegate Solomon were both sponsors of […]
On Wednesday, April 26, AFSCME met with the University System of Maryland (USM) at our Bush Street office in Baltimore. At this bargaining session, we proposed language about fair and equitable drug and alcohol policies and employees’ right to privacy and without surveillance. We countered management proposals regarding management’s rights, probationary periods, and the duration […]
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Bargaining Session at UMBC
On Wednesday, March 29, the AFSCME higher education bargaining team had an in-person bargaining session with the USM at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). During this session, the AFSCME team made proposals regarding the following topics: The USM management team did not have any new proposals for us but did send a few […]
On Wednesday, March 15, the AFSCME higher education bargaining team met virtually with the University System of Maryland. The AFSCME bargaining team and the USM continued to make counter proposals on issues related to leave for jury duty, disaster leave, and accident leave. We were able to get tentative agreements on how union dues are […]
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. On Wednesday, March 1, we had another full bargaining session with the University System of Maryland (USM) at Bowie State University. Our AFSCME higher education […]
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. On Wednesday, February 1, we had a full bargaining session with the University System of Maryland (USM) at the AFSCME Maryland offices in Baltimore. […]
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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 […]
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 […]
On Wednesday, December 7, we had our 3rd full bargaining session with the University System of Maryland (USM) and met virtually. Since late August, we have met with the USM four times, including the December 7 meeting. Over the course of these sessions, we have accomplished the following: We have a lot of remaining things […]
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, […]
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 […]
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” […]