AFSCME 67

Now’s Your Chance To Vote Early — Don’t Miss It!

AFSCME67 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:00:14 +0000

Early Voting Begins September 3, 2010 WHO CAN VOTE EARLY? Any registered voter can vote early. If September 14, 2010 is not good for your schedule come out early. Remember your vote counts! Friday, September, 3 Saturday, ...

AFSCME Endorses Joe Bartenfelder for Baltimore County Executive

AFSCME67 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:59:05 +0000

Towson, MD – The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Maryland Council 67 (AFSCME Maryland Council 67) endorses Joseph “Joe” Bartenfelder for Baltimore County Executive. On Tuesday September 7, 2010 at 4 pm, ...

Important 2010 Gubernatorial Primary Election Deadlines

AFSCME67 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:42:28 +0000

August 24th is the Deadline to Register to Vote, Change Party Affiliation, and Request a Polling Place Change. BALTIMORE, MD. (August 9, 2010)—Important deadlines for the upcoming 2010 Gubernatorial Primary Election are approaching. The deadline to ...

More Jobs In Maryland

AFSCME67 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:38:35 +0000

Dear Friends, This week, Gallup’s Job Creation Index for the first half of 2010 ranks Maryland seventh best job market in the nation. During the first half of 2010, 32 percent of employed Marylanders said that ...

Maryland Home Care Providers Win First Contract Rights

AFSCME67 — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:12:16 +0000

In their second victory since voting to join AFSCME Council 67 in 2008, approximately 4,500 independent home care providers throughout Maryland now have a contract that will help improve the conditions of their work ...

MECU of Baltimore Pays Members Cash Bonus

AFSCME67 — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:56:22 +0000

July, 2010, Baltimore, MD — On June 29 and 30, 2010, MECU members received loan interest rebates and extraordinary dividends totaling $2,125,000 that were deposited into their accounts. These payments are the first half ...

Young Trade Unionists Hosting A Voter Registration Drive on July 17th

AFSCME67 — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:57:32 +0000

The Young Trade Unionists are hosting a Voter Registration Drive this Saturday, July 17, 2010 from 9am to 11am. The locations are: 4624 Edmondson Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21229 5150 Sinclair Lane, Baltimore, MD 21206 601 E. 33rd Street, ...

Neighborhood Call to Action: Graffiti Blitz: July 3rd-July 31st

AFSCME67 — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:44:21 +0000

The Bureau of Solid Waste will launch a Graffiti Blitz from July 3rd-July 31st. The Graffiti Blitz is a citywide effort to remove graffiti from playgrounds, rec centers, public buildings, alleys and vacant properties. If ...

2-Cents Makes Sense: Baltimore City Passes 2 Cent Bottle Tax

AFSCME67 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:38:11 +0000

In an 8-4 vote on Thursday City Council approves the Beverage Container Tax. After months of debate and hours of negotiations, AFSCME is victorious. For months, AFSCME leaders have flooded City Hall hearings declaring “4 -Cents ...

AFSCME Convention Elects Lee Saunders International Secretary-Treasurer

AFSCME67 — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:23:00 +0000

BOSTON – Delegates to the 39th International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, (AFSCME), today elected Lee Saunders to be the next Secretary-Treasurer of the union ...

Bottle Tax Resurfacing

AFSCME67 — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:50:52 +0000

Last month, City Council members pushed the beverage container tax to the back of the City’s budget, but thanks to AFSCME and the members of Local 44 the beverage container tax is back on the ...

Save Our Jobs!

AFSCME67 — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:51:51 +0000

Hundreds of AFSCME members marched in front of the War Memorial Building yesterday, to declare “Save Our Jobs” to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake. Wearing T-Shirts that read “I am a Public Employee and Proud of ...

Mayor Rawlings-Blake Tours City Cleaning Services

AFSCME67 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:59:25 +0000

Today, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was joined by Councilman Edward Reisinger and Councilman Robert Curran to call for an up-or-down vote on the proposed beverage container fee and highlighted critical services that keep Baltimore clean—street sweeping, ...

Rally: June 7th, 4pm – Save City Services; Save City Jobs 600 Layoffs

AFSCME67 — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:04:48 +0000

Urgent Message from Glen Middleton, President, AFSCME Local 44 Rally: Monday, June 7, 4pm at City Hall (100 N. Holiday Street) SAVE CITY JOBS, SAVE CITY SERVICES, 600 LAYOFFS To prevent massive layoffs, the City must raise ...

House of Representatives Puts Public Services and Jobs at Risk

AFSCME67 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:11:58 +0000

Failure to Include Funds for Jobless Health Benefits and Medicaid Will Cause Mass Job Loss Washington, DC – AFSCME today condemned the decision of the House of Representatives to drop the extension of federal matching funds ...

Pink slips coming next week for up to 600 city workers, reports Sun

AFSCME67 — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:13:53 +0000

Six hundred layoff notices are slated to land on the desks of Baltimore union leaders next week, as the City Council scrambles to reach an agreement over a bevy of competing tax proposals to plug ...

Friends & Family Night at English American Tailoring Company

AFSCME67 — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:30:04 +0000

Metro Baltimore Council AFL-CIO Announces The Friends & Family Night at English American Tailoring Company on Wednesday, June 2, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Senator Barbara Mikulski’s Re-Election Announcement Tour

AFSCME67 — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:21:35 +0000

Next Wave Karaoke Party – May 15th

AFSCME67 — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:09:40 +0000

Baltimore City Council Tax Payers’ Night Out Rally to Fight Against 250 Job Cuts and to Save Community Services

AFSCME67 — Sat, 01 May 2010 04:17:14 +0000

Baltimore City Council Tax Payers’ Night Out Rally to Fight Against 250 Job Cuts and to Save Community Services Monday, May 10th at 5:00pm Come and voice your concern about the proposed layoffs/firing, reduction of community services and City spending ...

Maryland & District of Columbia AFL-CIO May Day: May 1st from 12-3pm

AFSCME67 — Sat, 01 May 2010 04:12:44 +0000

LABOR 2010 KICK OFF Saturday, May 1, 2010 — 12:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. National Labor College – 10000 New Hampshire Ave – Silver Spring, MD 20903 Bring your family, friends and children. ...

AFL-CIO Death On The Job Report

AFSCME67 — Sat, 01 May 2010 04:07:49 +0000

This 2010 edition of “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect” marks the 19th year the AFL-CIO has produced a report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s workers. Since 1970, ...

Workers Memorial Day

AFSCME67 — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:51:06 +0000

Today, April 28 we honor the men and women who were injured, and killed on the workplace. Each year many Americans lose their lives due to the job positions and AFSCME along with the AFL-CIO ...

AFSCME Mourns The Loss of Dorothy Heights

AFSCME67 — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:42:29 +0000

Dorothy I Heights, 98, one the leading women voices of the 1960s American Civil Rights movement died early Tuesday morning of natural causes. As a civil rights activist Ms. Heights pushed for racial justice and gender ...

Maryland General Assembly 2010 Session Wrap-Up

AFSCME67 — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:40:31 +0000

The Maryland Constitution mandates that the Governor propose the Budget. The Maryland Constitution only allows the General Assembly to cut the Budget – legislators are not allowed to increase the Budget. The Constitution further mandates ...

Join AFSCME for A Night At Camden Yards!

AFSCME67 — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:32:08 +0000

On Friday, June 25 , 2010, Join AFSCME for A Night At Camden Yards! For more information and to request tickets please contact AFSCME Maryland Council 67 at 410-837-7278 ext 36.

Union workers flock to city hall to protest cuts, wage freeze

AFSCME67 — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:29:46 +0000

City union employees flooded the Takoma Park public hearing Monday night to protest the layoffs and wage freeze proposed in the city manager’s draft of the 2011 budget. About 30 union employees, mostly from the city’s ...

Ready to Fight! Ready to Lead! 39th Biennial Convention in Boston, MA

AFSCME67 — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:51:41 +0000

AFSCME will hold its 39th Biennial Convention in Boston, MA, June 28-July 2. More than 5,000 delegates and guests from across the country will come together to focus on expanding our organizing efforts, securing important ...

Bill to Cut Youth Wages Headed to House Floor!

AFSCME67 — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:30:48 +0000

On March 23, 2010 House Bill 1792 was passed out of committee. This amended version of the bill we told you about last month would reduce the minimum wage for workers 18 and Under. For ...

City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young Announces Board of Estimates’ Taxpayers’ Night

AFSCME67 — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:55:35 +0000

BALTIMORE, MD (March 26, 2010) – City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young is inviting the citizens of Baltimore to the FY2011 Board of Estimates’ Taxpayers’ Night. Taxpayers’ Night is an opportunity for members of ...

Good Friday Holiday Notice

AFSCME67 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:16:44 +0000

Director David E. Scott announced today that Department of Public Works’ Offices will be closed Good Friday, April 2, 2010. On Good Friday, April 2, 2010: Trash and recycling WILL NOT BE COLLECTED. Saturday, April 3, 2010, will ...

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Spring Clean Up on Saturday, April 17

AFSCME67 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:13:22 +0000

Please call 311 to register your community. Containers for debris collection will be available on a first call basis. Trucks will NOT be available. Even communities without a container can participate by bagging and stacking debris at a ...

AFSCME WE DID IT!

AFSCME67 — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:31:36 +0000

Today, we celebrate a great accomplishment; the signing of the Healthcare Bill. It could not have happened without your 4 million calls, rallying in front of the capital, and stopping big insurance companies from issuing ...

Young Trade Unionists 1st Annual Networking and Career Fair

AFSCME67 — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:58:49 +0000

There will be a diversity of Local Unions including construction apprenticeships, retails, and office professionals. Keynote Speakers will be Congressman Elijah Cummings and Delegate Cheryl Glenn. Participants will have the opportunity to receive an education ...

Senate Passes Jobs Bill that Delivers Aid to States; Extends Unemployment Insurance Benefits and COBRA Subsidies

AFSCME67 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:51:53 +0000

AFSCME’s Make America Happen Campaign achieved an important victory in the fight to stabilize hemorrhaging state budgets and help those hard hit by the economy when the Senate passed the American Workers, State, and Business ...

Stop Big Insurance

AFSCME67 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:07:35 +0000

Today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is leading a large union contingent in a march from the AFL-CIO and AFSCME buildings to a mass rally at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C., during the meeting of the big insurance industry front ...

AFSCME Activists Protest Against Big Insurance Companies

AFSCME67 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:08:43 +0000

As leaders of America’s health insurance companies meet today, inside the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington DC , hundreds of AFSCME members joined thousands of demonstrators in the nation’s capital for a mass citizens arrest. ...

Building a World-Class Workforce – A Message from the Governor

AFSCME67 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:02:49 +0000

Today, Lt. Governor Brown and I visited Prince George’s Community College to launch a new, major workforce development initiative called Skills2Compete – Maryland, which will align our job creation efforts with the skills-training needed for ...

President Obama Signs Executive Order Regarding Historically Black Colleges and Universities

AFSCME67 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:19:56 +0000

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDER ON HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES East Room – 4:54 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Well, it is ...

Congressman Elijah E. Cummings Foreclosure Prevention Workshop

AFSCME67 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:45:33 +0000

Congressman Elijah E. Cummings FORECLOSURE PREVENTION WORKSHOP SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2010 9:00am – 3:00pm Woodlawn Senior High School 1801 Woodlawn Drive, Gwynn Oak, Maryland, 21207 Click here to download the official document for this event YOU MUST BRING COPIES OF THESE ...

Maryland Legislative Report for January 23, 2010

AFSCME67 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:57:54 +0000

Governor O’Malley released his FY 2011 budget this week. Unfortunately, in our Union’s estimation, he plugged a nearly $2 billion shortfall with cuts and budget maneuvers and no new revenues. The proposed $13.2 ...

AFSCME Remembers Dr. King

AFSCME67 — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:09:39 +0000

On January 18, our nation celebrates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. AFSCME has a particular tie to Dr. King and his causes. For it was in Memphis, where he joined 1,300 AFSCME ...

Natural Disaster Strikes Haiti

AFSCME67 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:18:39 +0000

On January 12th, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake destroyed Port-au-Prince, Haiti, leaving an estimated 50, 000 people dead and over 3 million without bare necessities such as food and clean water. We are asking that the members ...

Earned Income Credit Puts Money In Members’ Pockets

AFSCME67 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:03:34 +0000

We encourage you to spread the word about tax credits which may benefit your membership, low-wage workers we are organizing and other workers in your community. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) included ...

Lawmakers Up For Raise Amid Bad Economy

AFSCME67 — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:24:11 +0000

Maryland is $1.5 billion over budget and state workers are being furloughed, but a commission is recommending raises for the governor and state lawmakers. ANNAPOLIS, Md. — State lawmakers are currently up for a raise, even ...

Green Jobs Available Through Stimulus (ARRA) Funding

AFSCME67 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:10:19 +0000

The Parks & People Foundation with funding for 18 months from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Federal stimulus funds) will create four ...

National Cities of Service – Call To Action Week (January 11th to 14th)

AFSCME67 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:01:03 +0000

Please click here to download the flier that outlines the events and opportunities to volunteer in and throughout Baltimore.

Six Officers Fired In Baltimore City

AFSCME67 — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:15:39 +0000

The Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, including the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Facility, handles more arrestees than any other Correctional Facility in the State of Maryland, however, the Administration of Public Safety administers ...

Mikulski Announces Final Senate Approval of Bill Putting $800,000 For Maryland 2-1-1 In Federal Checkbook

AFSCME67 — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:35:59 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, today announced the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill, which has been approved by the Senate, includes $800,000 in ...

Trumka: Senate Health Care Bill Must Change to Be Real Reform

AFSCME67 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:46:34 +0000

The health care bill being considered by the U.S. Senate is inadequate and too tilted toward the insurance industry, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said today. In recent days, as the Senate has debated health care reform, ...