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Maryland DBM Secretary David Brinkley announced the changes to the wellness plan this week. The wellness plan is part of the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program, which is designed to make healthcare more affordable for State employees while improving overall health.

“These changes to the Wellness Plan address the concerns of state employees and will help many more take advantage of the

Attention Maryland Public Employees!

Please take a few moments to take the 2015 Maryland Public Employees Bargaining Survey. This survey will help your bargaining team determine your priorities for contract bargaining, and will ensure that your voice is heard.

Click here to take the survey: http://aftmd.us/MDPESurvey2015

MPEC partnered with various community groups including a Baltimore-based group called The Ladies of Distinction to do more than just raise money and awareness for sickle cell. They also passed out books to the youth in attendance as well as registered citizens to vote. MPEC

1. Select a Primary Care Physician (PCP)
2. Complete the health risk assessment; and
3. Review the results of the health risk assessment with their PCP.

For those individuals not completing the activities by December, the $50 surcharge will be delayed until April.  Details will be available on the DBM website and the medical carriers' websites.

Those deadlines are as follows:

The 9/30/15 deadline for Wellness

Continuing with AFT efforts to promote democracy and add more voices to the political process locally and nationally, AFT-Maryland Political Coordinator Todd Reynolds led a voter registration drive Sunday August 16th at Macedonia Baptist Church in Baltimore, Md. The drive was but a small example of the "Reclaim Baltimore" initiative introduced at the 2015 AFT-Maryland Convention.

The initiative focused on revitalizing the city in the wake of the unrest after the Freddie Gray death. One aspect was to increase citizen participation in the political process. With a Presidential, Senate, Mayoral &

In the 2015 Maryland Legislative Session, a bill was introduced to allow Police to carry guns in schools. The legislation didn't make it out of committee, but we anticipate that similar legislation will be introduced again next session and that this will be a major topic of discussion at these Community Conversations this month.

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We currently have available up to 25 Baltimore ORIOLES game tickets for two separate dates to distribute free to two worthy teams. Dates are August 17, 2015 or August 20, 2015.

If you are an MPEC member and a coach of a Little League and/or softball league team, or other organized boys, girls, or mixed youth league team and want to take your players “Out To The Ball Game”, contact us by phone or email by July 15th. Describe your team, pick a game date and include the reason you think MPEC should select your team for the

Voter Registration Volunteer Training
Tues., May 26, 2015
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
BTU Headquarters
5800 Metro Dr., Baltimore, MD 21215

If interested in attending, RSVP to Todd Reynolds, Political Coordinator at AFT-Maryland, by Friday, May 22nd, by 2:00 p.m.  at (410) 764-3030