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Memo on Bonuses

Attention!! Attention!! Attention!!

City Union of Baltimore Members employed with the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore:

It has come to our attention, via the Labor Commissioner's office, that the one time negotiated bonus of $750 for FY22, minus all applicable taxes, is being distributed tomorrow 9/16/2022 to CUB members.

Please note that these checks will not be made via direct deposit. Each agency's HR Office will make arrangements to distribute the live checks to each member.

Should you have any further questions, please contact your HR office tomorrow.

Additionally, we will send out updated

The City Union of Baltimore’s (CUB) August monthly member meeting featured interns from the Occupational Safety and Health Internship Program (OHIP) making a final presentation. The interns, Diana Quintanilla and Audra Lucas, shared with the membership their findings after an eight week program that focused on health and safety of Baltimore city employees in the Department of Public Works (DPW) and Department of Transportation (DOT). They worked under the guidance of President Antoinette Ryan-Johnson and Keith Wrightston, Assistant Director of Health Issues for the AFT. Read on for photos and MORE

Union Night at Camden Yards

AFL-CIO UNION NIGHT at CAMDEN YARDS
Join Us! Friday, August 19, 2022 at 7:05 p.m. to see the Baltimore Orioles vs. the Boston Red Sox. Discounted ticket sales for CUB Members!
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CUB Meeting August 10, 2022

Attention CUB Members! City Union of Baltimore will be holding our next meeting on: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
The meeting will be held via Zoom, and hybrid for those who are part of the presentations. (President Ryan-Johnson will make arrangements with those individuals.) CLICK TO REGISTER FOR THE MEETING, and for MORE

CUB Members Complete OSHA-10 Training

Unions play an important role in making workplaces better for workers. That work shows up in a myriad of ways. For the City Union of Baltimore, Local 800, one of the ways the union does this is by working to make job sites safer for Baltimore city employees. Following the tragic workplace death of CUB member Trina Cunningham, the union has led the fight in the city for worker safety. To that end, CUB, in conjunction with AFT-Maryland and the AFT national federation, provided a two-day safety workshop for CUB stewards, health and safety committee members, and staff to learn and share best practices. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)10-hour intensive training sessions examine every aspect of workplace safety. The training, which was led by Keith Wrightson and Amy Baruth from AFT Health Issues, covered ... CLICK TO READ MORE

Ratification Meeting for Baltimore City Employees

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CONTRACT RATIFIED! Further information will be forthcoming. Contact the CUB office with any questions: (410) 962-1492

There will be a RATIFICATION MEETING for Baltimore City Employees, Thursday, July 7, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Office hours have been extended to accommodate CUB members' work schedules. MORE

CUB Members Health and Safety Survey

Dear CUB Members, I have consistently heard complaints surrounding workplace safety and working conditions, and we have established a CUB Health and Safety Committee to start the process of addressing these complaints. In addition to the committee, CUB is partnering with AFT and AFT-Maryland to conduct a Summer 2022 Occupational Health Intern Program (OHIP). We will have two interns – one from Georgetown University and one from the University of Maryland – working with us this summer. The first step to this work is to conduct a member survey. This is our way of hearing from our members about ... CLICK TO READ MORE

CUB Annual Meeting 2022

City Union of Baltimore will hold our Annual Member Meeting via Zoom on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. We encourage every member to attend! The event is members-only, and registration is required. TO REGISTER CLICK - - > MORE

CUB Steward Meeting, Thurs. May 26, 2022

CUB will hold our next Members' Meeting on THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 beginning at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held via Zoom Webinar, and participants must register in advance to receive your own unique login code. Please register at the link below.

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: May 26, 2022 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: CUB Meeting - May 26, 2022

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Workers Memorial Day is Thursday, April 28, 2022. Decades of struggle by working people and our unions have improved working conditions and made jobs safer, but it has not been enough. This year we are coming together to strengthen our rights and protections to ensure everyone can come home safely at the end of a work shift - and without chronic illnesses from toxic exposures at work. CUB President Antoinette Ryan-Johnson asks all CUB members to wear blue if possible. If you can, take photos with other union members and coworkers to share with the union to raise awareness on social media. There is also a virtual Workers Memorial Wall and will be a live streaming event by the US Department of Labor and the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities at 1:00 p.m. EST on the 28th. Click for more information and to read MORE