Maryland Professional Employees Council Local 6197

All the resources you need on immigration and ICE

Federal immigration actions are rapidly expanding, with deadly consequences. The killings of poet Renee Nicole Good and nurse Alex Pretti by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis have brought intense focus on the use of excessive force. An AFT webinar, co-hosted by AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT Massachusetts President Jessica Tang on Jan. 28, featured experts on immigration and the law. It highlighted AFT resources and showcased how our locals are showing up to minimize fear and trauma.

Grievance Update: December 26th & January 29th Holiday

After reviewing the State’s actions and the applicable contract language, MPEC determined that December 26 was not applied consistently with Article 7 – Holidays, Section 1 of the Unit G MOU, which provides that any day proclaimed as a holiday or non-working day by the Governor of Maryland or the President of the United States must be observed as a holiday for Unit G employees. While the State properly honored Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, it treated December 26 as “liberal leave,” which does not satisfy the contractual standard.

Based on this analysis, and consistent with the arguments

SHOP STEWARDS’ TRAINING - January 28th and 29th - Remote

Our voices will not be heard unless we make them listen. To gain the respect we deserve throughout state agencies, we need more union leaders. We are calling on members who want to get more involved and become union leaders at their worksite. Steward training will be conducted from 8:30 am - 5 pm , January 28-29, 2026.

READ ON for more & to indicate your interest in attending.

A long-standing campaign to secure exclusive bargaining rights for Unit G professionals at the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) has reached a critical milestone.

Since before January 2025, member organizers have worked diligently to establish union representation so Unit G employees at MSDE can collectively negotiate over wages, benefits, and working conditions.

READ ON for more information.

Scarlett Ahmed has started counting the number of people sleeping outside the Queens Career Center in New York City when she arrives at work in the morning.

“It was already bad,” she said. “But this? This will just add to it.”