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Attention State Employees: Your Pension is at Risk!

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has submitted a budget that calls for reducing the state’s contribution to the employees’pension plan by $100 million dollars a year!

Join the Maryland Professional Employees Council (MPEC) & AFT Healthcare—Maryland

Thurs., February 20th, From 11:00 until 2:00 p.m.
300 West Preston Street Auditorium

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Attention State Employees
Your Pension is at Risk!
 
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has submitted a budget that calls for reducing the state’s contribution to the employees’pension plan by $100 million dollars a year!
 
Join the Maryland Professional Employees Council (MPEC) AFT Healthcare—Maryland
Tues., February 18th, From 11:00 until 2:00 p.m.
Room L-1, 201 West Preston Street, Baltimore
 
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That’s right. Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has submitted a budget that calls for reducing the state’s contribution to the pension plan by $100 million dollars a year.

That’s not fair! Click here to tell your legislators to vote against cutting the state's contribution to the pension fund.

Two years ago, that state required you to increase your contribution to the employee pension fund. In return, the legislature promised to contribute $300 million per year to that fund. Now, Governor O’Malley is breaking that promise. There are several problems with the governor’s proposal:

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Saturday night, a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman, a man who killed an unarmed teenager in cold blood. While we believe in the rule of law and while the jury has spoken, the implications of the acquittal are profound. It is disappointing that a racially profiled, unarmed African-American young man can be shot dead with no consequences for the perpetrator.

Urge Attorney General Eric Holder and the U.S. Justice Department to continue their investigation.

This case reminds us that the path to racial justice is still a long one, and that our legal and moral systems do not always mesh. The

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State Retirees Are Under Attack and We Need Your Help, ACT NOW! MORE

The following is a listing of retirement and pension legislation, and other bills of interest to union members.

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The following is a listing of the healthcare legislation being monitored by AFT-Maryland lobbyists and staff.

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Make your views known to those in Congress and state legislatures who represent you on the issues that affect working families every day.  Visit the AFT's Take Action page.