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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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

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

Dear MSD Administration: We are writing this letter to declare that staff at Maryland School for the Deaf have come together to strengthen our union and to exercise our right to collective bargaining. After years of salary freezes and other challenges within our school, we believe that faculty and staff should have a greater voice in decisions at MSD. We believe in MSD and we hold deeply the values of equity and excellence in education that characterize our school’s mission. We believe... CLICK TO READ MORE

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! If you agree, please tell us why! Use this form to share a video or photo of yourself explaining why you think faculty and staff at MSD deserve a union with collective bargaining rights. MORE