1,500 MD State Workers Vote AFSCME
Monday, January 28, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Nearly 1,500 state workers in Maryland have voted to join AFSCME. State
employees in the Office of the Comptroller, Department of Education, Retirement
and Pension System and Transportation Authority in Annapolis voted
overwhelmingly (69.1%) to join AFSCME 3 recently. “State workers deserve the
same right to vote for collective bargaining if we choose to that most other
workers already have,” said state worker Jody Curry (in center with thumbs
up), “And nearly 70% of my co-workers and I voted yes, for AFSCME 3 and
collective bargaining.” The workers will be represented by AFSCME Council 3
Locals 1535, 1803 and 3644. Click here for more
photos at the vote.