Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary paid a visit to Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center to hear from AFT Healthcare-Maryland members about their work conditions. Members have been looking to address state leaders to discuss a number of challenges that are approaching crisis levels at the facility. AFT Healthcare-Maryland has been active in trying to address myriad issues in a number of different ways already, and the appeal to legislative leaders is but another attempt.

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AFT Healthcare-Maryland bargaining unit members ratified the Amendment to the MOU dated January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2020! The count was 222 Yes to accept the amendment, 6 No to reject the amendment, and 2 that could not be counted.

In Solidarity,
Debra Perry, President
AFT Healthcare-Maryland

Statement from AFT Healthcare-Maryland President Debra Perry on the SCOTUS Decision in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31

Today the Supreme Court's decision in the Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 case undermined the voice of public employees in the workplace by disregarding 40 years of legal precedent in the Abood Decision, and giving in to millionaires and billionaires who seek to quiet the voice of public workers. By doing this, they deny public sector employees here in the state of Maryland an...

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The AFT Healthcare MD recent contract provides $500 in tuition reimbursement per year for union members.  This can be found in Article 18 Section 4 of our contract!

The AFT-Maryland welcomed eight candidates (Elizabeth Embry, Calvin Young, Sheila Dixon, David Warnock, Cindy Walsh, Nick Mosby, Carl Stokes, and Catherine Pugh) for mayor of Baltimore to a standing room only members forum, where they had an opportunity to address members' concerns, including education spending, school board appointment, collective bargaining for city employees, and the sale of public utilities.

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