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The City Union of Baltimore (CUB) has continued to advocate for healthier and safer worksites for Baltimore City Employees. CUB documented this in our 2022 health and safety report produced with support from our state federation AFT Maryland and the national AFT. Below is a statement attributable to President Antoinette Ryan-Johnson following the recently updated OIG report on DPW worksites.

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The recent findings of Inspector General Cummings are deeply troubling and of great concern. CUB has been attempting to provide stopgap solutions to ensure city workers have accommodations that allow them to do their jobs in crippling heat. We have gone so far as to purchase bottles of water and bags of ice and deliver them to city offices. While we concede that is not enough, we do expect and demand more from Baltimore City.

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The recent violent assault of a long-serving Cafeteria Manager and loyal member of the City Union of Baltimore, resulting in severe injuries requiring hospitalization, is a distressing event. Attacks on cafeteria staff and other school related personnel have been understudied and underpublicized and leave this population at risk for violence. Our schools are, and should be, an environment of learning, collaboration, and community; not an environment of disrespect and violence where students feel at liberty to assault anyone including a caring and respectful Cafeteria Manager.

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Today, judicial activists on the Supreme Court sided with corporate interest to weaken public sector unions by significantly reducing funding and creating incentives to erode Union membership with their ruling in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31. But, as always, we will stand firm against the headwinds of decades long, anti-union sentiment, because our members know: In unity there is strength.

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The tragic violence that visited Department of Public Works employees Friday only underscores the scourge of violence that continues to trouble our city. It hits closer to home for us because the victims are among our labor family. On behalf of everyone at the City Union of Baltimore, I extend my deepest and heartfelt sympathies to the families of the victims of Friday evening’s violence.

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This tragic loss underscores how important it is for all of us to do our best to protect one another. Essential city workers have continually worked since the beginning of this pandemic to ensure the city and its services continue to run as smoothly as possible. These workers deserve

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Baltimore, MD - CUB is baffled at the Mayor's decision to lay off more than five dozen DPW employees. Our members provide a vital service to the city and we are blindsided by this decision. Ultimately, the decision invites more questions than it does provide answers. One question we have is why our members who were on permission leave on account of the Coronavirus, were not put back to work with the necessary personal protective equipment, to provide accurate and timely readings for Baltimore city and county residents. Once health officials provided guidance as to how to resume some activities with precaution and safety, our members were ready to work. However, this administration ...

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