BALTIMORE  — About 30 correctional officers in Baltimore have held a protest rally, because a new payroll system has disrupted their paychecks. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said Wednesday the walk out was in response to ...

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Dozens of employees who are part of the state's largest government employee union have not received the right amount of base pay or overtime in two months.

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Maryland's largest state employee's union is expected to plans to discuss what it calls a "severe staff shortages of parole and probation agents and support staff and the lack of hiring" at the agency at a time when it is preparing for expected larger caseloads.

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The largest state employees union wants to negotiate with Gov. Larry Hogan and plans to deliver its message at a holiday reception and two other events today.

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A civil-service union will seek to change Maryland law after the state’s top court ruled last week that state agencies need not reinstate laid-off workers when similar positions open up but can advertise to fill the vacant posts.

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ANNAPOLIS — A union for Maryland correctional officers criticized state prison managers on Tuesday for failing to warn an officer who was stabbed only four days after officials were informed he was a target. The American Federation of State, County ...

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INDIANOLA, Iowa — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a 2016 presidential prospect, began forging an early — and therefore tricky — path into presidential proving ground Iowa on Sunday. Appearing at Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin’s annual steak fry, O’Malley dismissed the ...

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Baltimore City Circuit Court employees represented by AFSCME Maryland rallied outside the Mitchell Courthouse on Wednesday to call on Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to request funding to help the city improve long-standing health and safety concerns.

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Starting this month, all of the state’s employees who are represented by two labor unions will be paying a service fee to the unions, even if they are not members. The service fees authorized by a 2009 state law range ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The director of Maryland’s largest union for state employees says between 5,000 and 10,000 people are expected to attend a rally in Annapolis to protest pension changes. Patrick Moran, director of the Maryland chapter of the American Federation ...

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