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100 Days of Speaking Truth to Power

30 Apr, 2025 Read More >

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

28 Mar, 2025 Read More >

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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

28 Mar, 2025

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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President Biden takes photo with union members in Maryland.

President Biden Meets with Union Members at IUOE Local 77's Training Center

20, Apr, 2023

A photo of Starbucks founder and former CEO Howard Shultz with a banner saying, “Lie Detected!”

Starbucks Founder Howard Shultz’s Congressional Testimony: Lies Detected

On Tuesday, Starbucks founder and former CEO Howard Shultz testified in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.

02, Apr, 2023

Union workers rallying in Lawyers Mall in support of their collective bargaining rights.

Unions Rally for Collective Bargaining Rights!

AFSCME, AFT, IAM, and Fearless Student Employees (UMD) rally in Annapolis in support of collective bargaining bills.

30, Mar, 2023

Photo of crowd of union supporters rallying in Annapolis on Lawyers Mall.

Union Night in Annapolis!

Thank you to everyone that came out to support Union Night in Annapolis.

28, Mar, 2023

Virtual Event: Lifting Up Women on the Shop Floor

Picture a manufacturing worker. Are you imagining a woman wielding a torch or assembling an SUV?

The manufacturing sector provides good jobs with family-supporting wages and benefits, which do not require four-year degrees. More women should hold these jobs.

23, Mar, 2023

Baltimore-DC Building Trades and Maryland State and D.C. AFL-CIO 2023 MGA Legislative Reception

On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 the Baltimore-DC Building Trades and the Maryland State and D.C. AFL-CIO held the 2023 Maryland General Assembly Legislative Reception at the Governor Calvert House in Annapolis, MD.

23, Mar, 2023