As a reminder, per our contract negotiations at the end of 2023, a longevity step increase will go into effect for those continuously employed since June 30, 2019. A step increase will also go into effect this month for state employees whose hire dates are between January and June. We had two final bargaining sessions […]
On Thursday, December 12, state leadership met with the AFSCME bargaining team at our AFSCME Maryland office for another negotiation session. We were originally supposed to meet on Tuesday, December 3 at State Center, but due to the ongoing legionella outbreak in the buildings, the State cancelled on us after the AFSCME team asked that […]
ACTION ALERT: Take 2 minutes to send a message to Governor Moore and our state leaders that they need to meet us at the bargaining table with a fair wage proposal! A sample letter is provided that you can edit with your own experiences. You can send a letter here. Please share this link with […]
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, December 3 at 10:00 AM for a press conference and rally at State Center in Downtown Baltimore to call attention to the staffing and infrastructure crisis in our state facilities! We have had two bargaining sessions since our last update. The first session was on Thursday, October 10 and the […]
It’s that time of year again when we have the opportunity to enter negotiations with the State of Maryland on important topics that affect our jobs and our workplaces. At the end of last year, we finalized our new union contract for the next 3 years. But in the years that we do not negotiate […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
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” […]