Maryland School for the Deaf Faculty & Staff Assn Local 4828

Historic Win for Workers at Maryland School for the Deaf

Maryland School for the Deaf members overwhelmingly voted to unionize and they chose AFT. The union election victory is just the first step to getting the demands they deserve.

Check out this video recap of Maryland School for the Deaf workers voting yes on unionization.

MSD Faculty and Staff Overwhelmingly Choose Collective Bargaining

It is rare to get 99% of people to do anything these days, unless it's unionization at the Maryland School for the Deaf. Last week, faculty and staff at the state facility voted 159-2 to unionize, authorizing the Maryland School for the Deaf Faculty and Staff Association, Local 4828 (MSDFSA) to serve as the exclusive bargaining agent for faculty and staff at the school. The huge and historic win comes after years of organizing. AFT-Maryland has supported the faculty and staff at the state institution for more than two decades. In the last few years however, efforts to codify collective

Stop by the AFT table on your campus to get coffee, snacks, and "PINs for ALL" and "I voted AFT" stickers and union swag after you vote!

Click to watch the full video on YouTube.

We're Voting YES for AFT!

Our local union, the Maryland School for the Deaf Faculty and Staff Association, Local 4828, believes we should have a union with Collective Bargaining Rights! Our Organizing Committee (the OC) has been collecting videos from MSD employees on why they agree that we all need collective bargaining rights for a fair and equitable workplace. See all of the videos on YouTube at aftmd.us/MSDVotesYes

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MSDFSA Files for Union Election for Democracy in the Workplace

Over 300 teachers, speech language pathologists, dorm counselors, and other faculty and staff of the Maryland School for the Deaf filed paperwork today with the Maryland State Labor Relations Board demanding an election that could grant the workers collective bargaining rights. For years, members of the Maryland School for the Deaf Faculty and Staff Association (AFT-Maryland Local 4828, AFT, AFL-CIO) have appealed to school administrators and Governor Hogan to restore step increases and make efforts to recruit and retain a more diverse workforce, but their pleas have been ignored. If these state employees win their election, it will mean administrators and state officials must meet with the workers and negotiate in good faith over pay, benefits, and working conditions at the school. Click here for the full story! MORE

Over 200 colleagues present our Union Mission to the administration

On Monday morning, during staff day at Columbia campus, we, the MSD faculty and staff, delivered a letter to acting superintendents Jennifer Ortiz and Ann Miller. Two hundred plus colleagues gathered together near the lobby of Denton while a representative group of MSD workers met with administrators and presented our union mission statement. Click through to see photos and to read MORE