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Read more about our legislative achievements this year.
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We Did It!!! 2008 Budget Passes With AFSCME MD Gains
Because these items are the same in both the House and Senate versions of the budget, they will not be subject to further negotiations or the conference committee on the budget. This win for state employees recognizes the raises that were negotiated through our collective bargaining negotiations. Then, once the budget was submitted, AFSCME lobbying made sure it happened. When some legislators called for a reduction of the pay raise, AFSCME members hit the phones and the emails. We spoke out about the need to recruit and retain state employees in order to assure that Maryland is safer and able to provide the educational, health and social services that are critical to so many. Several budget issues remain. A key issue for many state employees is a guarantee that health benefits will be available upon retirement. Because the House and Senate have taken different cuts, we can persist in our campaign to maintain funds that have been allocated for that purpose. Also, since both the House and Senate have extended the time period to develop long term recommendations on retiree health insurance, we have more work to do. We will still work to minimize harm to employees at the Southern MD RICA, Rosewood, and in local health departments. In the meantime AFSCME members who took action can take some pride in our success in making the pay raises and benefit improvements we negotiated a reality.
Contract
Agreement for AFSCME State Employees
Maryland state
employees represented by AFSCME now have a contract signed by Gov.
Martin O’Malley and overwhelmingly ratified by state employees. The
governor signed the agreement January 14, 2008, and at the
beginning of the year it was ratified by 97% of those voting in the
mail-ballot election. Despite the $1.5 billion deficit we faced last
year, we will be getting: 2% cost-of-living raise this
July, our step increases , expanded family coverage and more.
Download contract
for Bargaining Units A,B,C,D and F
Download contract for Bargaining Unit H.
Governor Issues Labor
Management Meeting Executive Order
Governor O’Malley has issued an Executive Order
to implement labor management committees in areas of the state that
are covered by collective bargaining. These committees will be
instrumental to improving state government and implementing the
collective bargaining agreement. This action is a major step forward
for state employees. It cements a partnership which was forecast
with the passage of collective bargaining legislation for the State
of Maryland.
Learn more and download
the Executive Order
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