AFSCME Maryland

Tuesday evening, AFSCME Local 44 members who work for Baltimore City Public Schools showed up in AFSCME green to the school board meeting. They're demanding a union contract that reflects the rising cost of living and respect for their work. ✊️

AFSCME Local 1072 member Lisa LeVert is a Project Manager with the University of Maryland College Park. Lisa has worked at the university for more than six years, taking on many roles to help streamline processes across campus, and considers herself a professional problem solver.

“I joined AFSCME during my new employee orientation,” says Lisa. “I was a union worker during grad school and saw firsthand the power in numbers, so joining was a no-brainer.”

As a steward, Lisa recently spoke at a rally at the University of Maryland College Park, demanding the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents follow through on the negotiated raises for over 6,000 USM workers.

“It was cathartic to stand alongside my coworkers and fellow stewards, standing in solidarity together,” says Lisa. “The reality is that university leadership has the ability to lessen the burden on workers’ lives. So many USM workers were counting on those increases and planned their budgets around them. Now, people are scrambling to figure out how to stay afloat in this economy.”

For Lisa, solidarity and accountability are at the heart of union power. “That rally reminded me that no one is ever alone when they’re part of a union,” she says. “There are always other people fighting alongside you and going through the same struggles. When we come together collectively, that’s when our voices are heard.”

Join your fellow members in wearing your favorite AFSCME shirt every Wednesday to show your solidarity and union pride. Tag us in your photos to be featured on our page!

On Monday, Del. Aletheia McCaskill (D44B-Baltimore County) visited Spring Grove Hospital Center to speak with leaders of AFSCME Local 266.

During the visit, AFSCME members talked about how critical this facility is to the Baltimore region and how more investment is needed to improve patient care, staffing levels, and training.

Thank you Del. McCaskill for taking some time to visit our members and hear about their campaign to save and properly resource this important facility in Baltimore County!

When we vote, what we’re really voting for as AFSCME members are the people who decide on our contracts, our wages, our working conditions and more!

Go to https://afscmemd.org/vote today to find our list of union-endorsed candidates, volunteer opportunities, important election information, and more!

Join us on Friday, June 12, as we rally at the next USM Board of Regents meeting to demand they follow through on our raises and stop the threats of layoffs. RSVP 👉 bit.ly/USM-BOR-Rally

Date: Friday, June 12
Time: 7:30 AM
Location: University of Maryland Baltimore Student Center
621 W. Lombard St, Baltimore, MD 21201
2nd Floor, Elm Rooms 208 & 210