Hogan announces deal with unions on modest raises for Md. state employees

Hogan announces deal with unions on modest raises for Md. state employees
By Ovetta Wiggins
January 17, 2018

Gov. Larry Hogan’s office announced Wednesday that the administration and the four major unions that represent state employees have struck a three-year deal. The agreement follows lengthy, and at times, bitter negotiations that highlighted staffing shortages and working conditions for correctional officers and other employees.

The labor contracts expired on Dec. 31. Employees have been working under a tentative agreement since then.

“These contract agreements are tremendous news for the state and our hard-working employees,” Hogan said in a statement. “There have been no furloughs or layoffs, and we are very proud of that.”

AFSCME Council 3 President Patrick Moran said the agreement was the result of persistence from union members. 

“He gave the employees nothing,” Moran said. The Hogan administration, he said, “has no respect for the employees or the work they do. . . they came to the table with zero. Our members earned every dime they fought for in this agreement.”

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