Local 1885 history of Actions part 2

Jan 20016

AFSCME WINS DELAYS IN FEES

State employees & retirees have 90 more days to complete 3 healthy activities required by the State of Maryland to avoid the $50 surcharge and the date that the penalty will start has been moved ahead three months. The $50 surcharge start date was moved from January 2016 to April 2016. If participants choose not to complete the three “healthy activities” the surcharge will begin being deducted in paychecks in April 2016.

eb. 2016

Lobby night in Annapolis

March 2016

Supreme court uphold

WASHINGTON —

“Today, the Supreme Court left standing nearly four decades of precedent and sound law that has worked for public employers and working people alike. This marks a significant defeat for the wealthy special interests who want to hijack our economy,Today’s decision sends a strong message to our opponents that the Supreme Court is not open to do the business of right wing organizations seeking to win through judicial decree what they have been unable to win through the democratic process.

AFSCME WINS PAY RAISE

The governor put a step increase (merit raise in higher education) into the budget, with no sick leave or overtime rights taken away.

Nina luck wins promotion retro pay!!

APRIL 2016:

Prince Was a Champion for Working People

PRINCE WAS A UNION MEMBER The music industry has a deeply troubled past, with stories of corporations exploiting musicians, especially African American musicians So he took on the recording industry on behalf of music. On behalf of the industry’s working people—the musicians themselves.And it cost him his name and his fame.Prince was one of a handful of artists who helped shape a future where musicians, working people, get the fruits of their labor

MAY 2016

The Overtime Rule

In 2014, President Obama directed the Secretary of Labor to update the overtime regulations

•Raise the salary threshold indicating eligibility from $455/week to $913 ($47,476 per year), ensuring protections to 4.2 million workers.

•Automatically update the salary threshold every three years, based on wage growth over time, increasing predictability.

•Strengthen overtime protections for salaried workers already entitled to overtime.

•Provide greater clarity for workers and employers.

JUNE 2016

When fast food workers walked off their jobs in 2012 to demand $15 an hour and a union, many dismissed their demands as unrealistic and unattainable. But what the skeptics failed to see was the workers’ resolve. Today they’re winning in city after city, and in state after state.

JULY 2016

JAMES THOMAS WINS 15% PAY RAISE

August 2016

Mia Whittington wins unfair Evaluation Case With back pay

September 2016

Geron Mackall Elected Regional Vice President Baltimore city

October 2016

Employee receive lump sum payments of merit raises