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Workers at BARCS Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Their Union with AFSCME Maryland
University System of Maryland (USM) agrees to pay out raises to staff after pressure from union and Governor
Statement Regarding AFSCME Maryland Council 3 President Patrick Moran Being Elected as AFSCME International President
AFSCME Maryland releases inaugural 2026 State of Our State Services Report
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Americans’ support of labor unions remains sky-high
Seventy-one percent of Americans approve of labor unions, according to a Gallup Poll published this week, matching the recent high from 2022. That’s the highest approval rating since the 1950s. Moreover, nearly half of poll respondents (47%) said they want unions to have more influence than they do today, the highest level of support in the past 25 years. “As our country faces a cost-of-living crisis engineered by an administration that […]
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This Labor Day, ask yourself: Whose side are you on?
This affordability crisis is not an accident. It is the result of choices. It is what happens when politicians pick a side.
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AFSCME, other unions challenge unfair federal student loan caps for certain public service workers
AFSCME is challenging a new student loan rule that unfairly targets public service and health care workers who want to earn advanced degrees.
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A lesson in higher learning: Don’t mess with AFSCME members
AFSCME members successfully pressured the University System of Maryland to implement raises they had negotiated through their union.
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Michigan public safety professionals bring stranded family home
AFSCME public safety members saved two adults and a child stranded in the woods in Michigan.
USM Layoffs/Raises Fight Back
Help us reverse the layoffs at the University of Maryland College Park and Bowie State University!