[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"16802","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-left","height":"302","style":"width: 150px; height: 148px; margin: 5px; float: left;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"307"}}]]In an effort to get our membership plugged-in to the issues affecting them in their workplace, their community, and their political surroundings, AFT-Maryland has developed a survey to see which issues are the most important to our members.

Please take a couple of minutes to respond to this survey.

Click here to take the survey online:
http://aftmd.us/aftmdsurvey2013

An open letter to Maryland State Governor Martin O'Malley from AFT-Maryland President, Marietta English.

The letter expresses concern and disappointment with the inability of our political leaders to reach agreement over our state budget. 23 counties and the city of Baltimore will lose over $260 million, with the impact hitting hardest in areas that are most reliant on state revenues and that can least afford the reductions.

Everyday people will be affected in every way.

The 2026 legislative session demonstrated the critical role organized labor plays in protecting public employees, defending collective bargaining, and ensuring lawmakers hear directly from the workers impacted by proposed legislation. Through coordinated union advocacy, member engagement, legislative outreach, and direct conversations with elected officials, MPEC members helped shape legislative outcomes affecting Maryland state employees and the public services they provide.

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