Jamaal Craddock is committed to supporting youth and “helping kids gets back into the community” in his role as a Case Manager III at the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center. In his role, Jamaal supports youth at the center and their families, identifying opportunities for supportive services.
An executive board member of Local 3167, Jamaal became an AFSCME member because he saw how important it is to have union representation, especially when management makes errors or doesn’t act in workers’ best interests.
Since then, Jamaal has been an active member of the AFSCME Maryland State Bargaining Team and is a core member of the team that meets with the State for Labor Management Committee (LMC) meetings on pay equity. After his most recent meeting with the State, he reflected that, “While the State did let us know we’re short-staffed and vastly underpaid, their actions didn’t seem to match. It’s like they’re just not comprehending or understanding how bad the problems are. We’re still far behind, but we’re going to keep fighting.”
