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Release: AFSCME Maryland Members Call for Urgent Changes to Address Road and Workplace Safety

Following the deaths of two Maryland State Highway Administration workers in less than a week, largest union representing Maryland state workers urges immediate reforms to keep transportation workers safe.

Release: AFSCME Maryland Members Call for Urgent Changes to Address Road and Workplace Safety

Statement Regarding Recent State Highway Administration Deaths

In less than a week, the State of Maryland has gotten two of its own workers killed. The State needs to fix this immediately, or stop pretending they value the people who keep this state running.

Statement Regarding Recent State Highway Administration Deaths

Workers Memorial Day: Honor those we lost by fighting for stronger workplace safety

It’s not too much to ask to be safe at work. In fact, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1971 says every worker has a fundamental right to a safe work environment.

And yet there are still too many avoidable accidents. Too many injuries. And way too many deaths.

Workers Memorial Day: Honor those we lost by fighting for stronger workplace safety

Statement Regarding Death of SHA Worker Robert W. Dempsey

We mourn the passing of first responder and State Highway Administration worker Robert W. Dempsey, who was killed in the line of duty on Saturday, April 25 while responding to another crash on Interstate 495.

Statement Regarding Death of SHA Worker Robert W. Dempsey

A salute to those who answer the call 

About 240 million times a year, the very first public safety professional to respond to an emergency is the 911 dispatcher who answers the urgent phone call.    

A salute to those who answer the call