AFSCME

Lawmakers have left Annapolis for the year, and Gov. Wes Moore says his administration helped deliver on affordability promises. But early redistricting continues to linger and closing an even bigger projected state budget deficit is likely in the governor’s future.

The Senate opted to adhere fairly closely to the governor’s recommended state spending proposal, but the fiscal impact on the developmental disability community will be lesser.

Maryland state government’s largest union and Moore failed to reach a collective bargaining agreement by the Dec. 31 deadline.

Maryland Matters' politics reporter Bryan Sears discusses why AFSCME and Governor Moore missed the December 31st deadline for inking a new contract.

The public servant labor union alleges state leadership has violated various existing contracts around shift directionals, telework and military leave.

The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Service’s internal investigation did not look for problems that may have led to the agent’s death.

The rally went on despite extreme temperatures, organizers say that’s nothing compared to what sanitation workers experience on the back of a truck.

Guest host Jayne Miller speaks with a lawmaker, a scholar and a union president about the fundamental changes underway in the nature of office and factory work, and in the workforce itself.

The Maryland Defenders Union formed in 2020 seeking improvements in workload, pay and retention and represents more than 600 employees across the state.

Dozens gathered at University of Maryland’s main campus in College Park for a rally.