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On September 4, 2024 Local Union Members meet with Governor Moore for the first Labor Relations Roundtable. This was a wonderful opportunity to bring our members concerns directly to the Governor's Office. The Roundtable included Labor Relations Senior Director Dyana Forester; Maryland Department of Labor Secretary of Labor Portia Wu; Maryland Department of Labor Commissioner of Labor and Industry Devki Virk. Local union leaders and representatives from across the state where invited to attend. You can read the full article from the State Website here. 

Summer is upon us, and parents, children and teachers are winding down from what has been an exhausting and fully operational school year—the first since the devastating pandemic. The long-lasting impact of COVID-19 has affected our students’ and families’ well-being and ignited the politics surrounding public schools. All signs point to the coming school year unfolding with the same sound and fury, and if extremist culture warriors have their way, being even more divisive and stressful.

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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AFT Healthcare-Maryland's bargaining team negotiated a successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for employees in Bargaining Unit E effective January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023. All employees in Bargaining Unit E are entitled to participate in the ratification vote for the contract. We have scheduled a ZOOM meeting for Wednesday, March 24, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Please register below by COB on 3/23/21. 

We will have a presentation of changes to the contract with an opportunity for members to ask questions at the meeting.

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AFT Healthcare-Maryland is committed to advocating for all of our members in a range of ways. One way we do this is by being active and engaged with the Maryland General Assembly during the legislative session. Being state workers, the General Assembly is a vital resource we use to make our workplace and our work conditions better for our membership. Click here to see how AFT Healthcare-Maryland advocated for our members in Annapolis recently around the legislation that would affect of staffing and pay equity.

Attacks on public education in America by extremists and culture-war peddling politicians have reached new heights (“lows” may be more apt), but they are not new. The difference today is that the attacks are intended not just to undermine public education but to destroy it.

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