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Transportation Security Administration workers screen airline passengers at Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington on Jan. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta,File)
Jun 3, 2025

Judge grants preliminary injunction to protect collective bargaining for TSA workers

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to protect a collective bargaining agreement for TSA workers.

President Donald Trump arrives to welcome the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team to the South Lawn of the White House on April 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 19, 2025

Appeals court allows Trump’s anti-union order to take effect

An appeals court cleared the way for President Trump's executive order aimed at ending collective bargaining rights for federal employees.

The Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters for the State Department, is seen in Washington on March 9, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
May 14, 2025

Trump can’t strip Foreign Service workers of their collective bargaining rights, judge says

A federal judge agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration from stripping Foreign Service employees of their collective bargaining rights.

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn as he arrives at the White House on Marine One on April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Apr 28, 2025

Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees

A federal judge blocked a Trump executive order that would have ended collective bargaining rights for thousands of federal employees.

State Sen. Cory McCray, a Baltimore City Democrat who has sponsored binding arbitration bills in recent years, says he plans to push for the measure again next session. (The Daily Record/Jack Hogan)
Apr 26, 2024

After collective bargaining wins, MD unions to push for binding arbitration

Maryland public employee unions and their allies in the legislature are expected to prioritize binding arbitration in Annapolis next year.

AFSCME Maryland Council 3 President Patrick Moran speaks during a Board of Public Works meeting Wednesday. (The Daily Record/Jack Hogan)
Apr 12, 2024

MD union members celebrate collective bargaining for 7,000 library, supervisory workers

Labor union members have celebrated the passage of collective bargaining rights for state supervisory employees and public library workers in Maryland.

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Feb 1, 2024

So far, some — but not all — collective bargaining bills in Md. facing less pushback

Maryland labor unions renewed their push for collective bargaining rights to state supervisory employees, graduate assistants and public library workers.

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Mar 29, 2023

Grad assistants, library workers rally in Annapolis for collective bargaining rights

University graduate assistants and public library employees renewed their calls for Maryland lawmakers to allow them to unionize.

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Sep 30, 2021

Maryland union will seek veto override on bill to consolidate USM bargaining

The union representing Maryland state government workers Thursday announced a campaign to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a bill that would allow state university employees to bargain with the […]

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Jun 11, 2018

Michael Hayes: A lesson the Supreme Court should remember

Services must always be paid for. It’s a fundamental truth that I never forgot, and it’s one that the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court should embrace as they decide Janus v. AFSCME District Council 31.

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Feb 26, 2018

Supreme Court will hear gadfly’s First Amendment claim

First Amendment appeal leads news items including lawyers against lawyers, unions oppose law on free-speech grounds and no more pleading guilty to time served.

Aug 17, 2012

Montgomery County police union wins spot on ballot

Voters will decide whether Montgomery County can rescind some of its police union’s collective bargaining rights, thanks to a one-page decision Friday by the state’s highest court.