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USM Bargaining

February 22 USM Negotiations Session at UMBC

On Thursday, February 22, the AFSCME Maryland Bargaining Team met with the University System of Maryland at UMBC for another bargaining session.  During this session, we reached agreement on the following topics:  Here are just a few of the priorities that remain outstanding:  Our next bargaining session will be Monday, March 4 at the AFSCME […]

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Updates from January Bargaining Sessions

In January, the AFSCME Maryland bargaining team met with the University System of Maryland (USM) on Friday, January 19 and Thursday, January 25. In addition to the tentative agreements reached so far, the AFSCME Maryland team sent the following counters to the USM’s proposals:    Below are the outstanding issues that remain:  Our next bargaining session […]

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State Bargaining

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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State Bargaining

Protected: December 20 and 21 Bargaining Update 

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State Bargaining

Protected: December 6 and December 12 Bargaining Update

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USM Bargaining

Updates from Friday, December 8 Bargaining Session

Last week, we had two bargaining sessions with the University System of Maryland (USM), one on Zoom on Thursday, December 7 and one in-person on Friday, December 8. After a marathon negotiations session on Friday that lasted until after midnight, we’re proud to say we’ve made significant progress in our negotiations! Some of the areas […]

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State Bargaining

Protected: ICYMI: November 29 State Bargaining Town Hall 

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USM Bargaining

Recapping November 8 and 14 Bargaining Sessions

So far, in November, we have had two bargaining sessions with the USM (University System of Maryland): one on Wednesday, November 8 and another on Tuesday, November 14. Both sessions took place in Baltimore in the AFSCME Maryland offices.  As always, the AFSCME USM Bargaining Team is composed of AFSCME members who work at college […]

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State Bargaining

Protected: Recap of October 24 Bargaining Session

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Recap of October 17th Bargaining Session 

At the previous September 29 bargaining session, the University System of Maryland (USM) shared their financial figures and pledged that they intended to finally counter all of AFSCME’s proposals.  In the October 17 session however, the USM failed to meet their own pledge and follow up with their own promises. By our count, the USM team has […]

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State Bargaining

Protected: Recap of October 18 Bargaining Session

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State Bargaining

Protected: October 2023 State Bargaining Town Hall

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State Bargaining

Protected: October 4th and October 11th Recap

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State Bargaining

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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Summer Bargaining Update 

In June and July, we had two in-person bargaining sessions with the University System of Maryland (USM), one at the AFSCME Maryland office in Baltimore on Wednesday, June 28 and another at Frostburg State University on Thursday, July 27.  In both bargaining sessions, our AFSCME Maryland Higher Education Bargaining Team, made up of AFSCME members […]