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Largest State Employees Union Opposes Governor's Decision to Cut Hazard Pay for State Workers During the Pandemic Crisis

During the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the largest state employees union, AFSCME Maryland, strongly disagrees with Governor Hogan’s decision today (Saturday, March 21st) to cut hazard pay for state workers who are expected to report to work.

Largest State Employees Union Opposes Governor's Decision to Cut Hazard Pay for State Workers During the Pandemic Crisis

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AFSCME Calls on Governor Hogan to Fill and Fund Parole & Probation, DJS & Corrections Positions to Reduce Crime in Baltimore and Address Massive $250M Overtime

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Today, AFSCME, Maryland’s largest and fastest-growing union for public service employees, joined with Advocates for Children and Youth, ACLU of Maryland and NAACP Maryland to call on Governor Larry Hogan to address the State staffing crisis that is damaging efforts to reduce crime in Baltimore City and reducing services to the citizens of Maryland in agencies across State government, including Health, Juvenile Services and Public Safety & Correctional Services.

AFSCME Calls on Governor Hogan to Fill and Fund Parole & Probation, DJS & Corrections Positions to Reduce Crime in Baltimore and Address Massive $250M Overtime

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AFSCME Maryland Statement on December 3rd Indictment

AFSCME Maryland Statement on December 3rd Indictment Baltimore, Maryland- AFSCME Maryland learned today of the indictment and arrest of 25 correctional officers and employees. The correctional officers charged today should receive the process and rights that they are due under Maryland law and the US Constitution. They are innocent until proven guilty.

AFSCME Maryland Statement on December 3rd Indictment

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AFSCME Maryland Members Speak Out to Support Passage of Workplace Violence Prevention Bill by U.S. House of Representatives

WASHINGTON—Today, the House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 1309, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, which demands the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issue a workplace violence prevention standard requiring employers within the health care and social service sectors to develop and implement a plan to protect their employees from workplace violence.

AFSCME Maryland Members Speak Out to Support Passage of Workplace Violence Prevention Bill by U.S. House of Representatives

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Administrative Law Judge Decries Hogan's Attempt to Violate Constitutional Rights of Largest State Employee's Union and Employees

BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings delivered a significant victory to AFSCME in ruling on competing unfair labor practice complaints filed by the union and the Hogan Administration in in relation to negotiations in 2018. Administrative Law Judge Brian P. Weeks dismissed the Hogan Administration’s complaint as baseless and upheld AFSCME’s complaints that the Administration interfered with constitutional rights and violated the law by attempting to force the union to forgo its rights to communicate with the General Assembly and to undermine the union’s ability to communicate the employees it represents.

Administrative Law Judge Decries Hogan's Attempt to Violate Constitutional Rights of Largest State Employee's Union and Employees