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AFSCME and the State of Maryland Reach a Tentative Agreement on a Contract for 2021-2023

On December 31st, 2021, members of AFSCME Council 3’s bargaining reached a tentative agreement with the Hogan Administration for a new contract after months of difficult bargaining. The agreement provides for almost 12% in raises to 20,000 frontline workers including social workers, nurses, direct care assistants, correctional officers, highway workers, juvenile service workers, case managers, and many others. AFSCME was also able to secure additional COVID response pay and leave at the 11th hour of negotiations for its members battling COVID on the frontlines. The raises consist of a combination of step advancements that have long been deferred by the administration and cost-of-living adjustments that are crucial to keeping State employees’ families secure and stable.

AFSCME and the State of Maryland Reach a Tentative Agreement on a Contract for 2021-2023

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AFSCME Unanimously Endorses Brooke Lierman for Comptroller of Maryland

BALTIMORE- Today, AFSCME Council 3 and AFSCME Council 67 are proud to jointly announce their endorsement of Delegate Brooke Lierman for Comptroller of Maryland. Together, the two councils represent over 50,000 state, county, municipal, school board and higher education employees across Maryland. The vote to endorse Lierman was unanimous, a testament to her fierce advocacy for organized labor, her unparalleled ability to deliver results for working families, and her vision to create an economy that works for all Marylanders.

AFSCME Unanimously Endorses Brooke Lierman for Comptroller of Maryland

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Honoring the anniversary of America’s first pay equity strike
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Honoring the anniversary of America’s first pay equity strike

Striketober and Strikesgiving are over, but worker strikes are still going strong. As I write this, Kellogg’s workers are holding the line in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Memphis. Alabama miners are heading into their ninth month of standing up to Warrior Met Coal.

Honoring the anniversary of America’s first pay equity strike

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AFSCME President Lee Saunders joins signing ceremony of historic infrastructure bill
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AFSCME President Lee Saunders joins signing ceremony of historic infrastructure bill

AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Monday joined President Joe Biden and members of his administration, as well as a bipartisan group of lawmakers, for the signing ceremony

AFSCME President Lee Saunders joins signing ceremony of historic infrastructure bill

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Congress has finally passed an infrastructure bill. Build Back Better should be next.
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Congress has finally passed an infrastructure bill. Build Back Better should be next.

The House of Representatives has passed President Joe Biden’s transformational bipartisan infrastructure plan, which Biden will soon sign into law.

Congress has finally passed an infrastructure bill. Build Back Better should be next.