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Legislative Synopsis 2025 - Maryland Labor Secures Key Victories in 2025 Legislative Session, But Big Fights Remain

The 2025 Maryland General Assembly session was a busy one for labor, with the State Fed tracking 647 bills, testifying on 80+, and helping pass 28 bills directly impacting workers and unions.

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Read More > Legislative Synopsis 2025 - Maryland Labor Secures Key Victories in 2025 Legislative Session, But Big Fights Remain

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Action Alert: Call to Restore Veterans Affairs Workers’ Union Rights

Action Alert: Call to Restore Veterans Affairs Workers’ Union Rights

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the backbone of support for our nation’s brave heroes, providing essential health care, benefits and services that veterans have earned through their service.

But the VA is under attack.  

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Read More > Action Alert: Call to Restore Veterans Affairs Workers’ Union Rights

Trump’s EO on DC Targets Residents, Doesn't “Beautify” Anything — A Message from MD DC AFL-CIO

In just 192 days of his second term, President Trump has already signed 176 Executive Orders (EOs) — just shy of the 220 he signed during his entire first term. That number alone should raise eyebrows — and questions.

 

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Read More > Trump’s EO on DC Targets Residents, Doesn't “Beautify” Anything — A Message from MD DC AFL-CIO

Members at an AFGE rally with their kids holding a sign saying "Dignity, Fairness, Respect."
Take Action: The White House Just Ripped Up Union Members’ Contracts

Take Action: The White House Just Ripped Up Union Members’ Contracts

Last night, the Trump administration took its most blatantly anti-worker, anti-union action yet: an executive order stripping the right to organize from hundreds of thousands of federal workers at more than 30 agencies.

 

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Read More > Take Action: The White House Just Ripped Up Union Members’ Contracts

Statement of Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO President Donna S. Edwards on Federal Collective Bargaining Executive Order Stripping Workers of Their Right to Unionize

Annapolis, MD – “President Trump’s executive order is a direct and shameful attack on the rights of working people. It undermines the fundamental right of federal workers to unionize and collectively bargain — rights that generations of workers have fought and sacrificed to secure.

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Read More > Statement of Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO President Donna S. Edwards on Federal Collective Bargaining Executive Order Stripping Workers of Their Right to Unionize