[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"24678","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image media-image-right","style":"width: 150px; height: 150px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 3px; float: right;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]We need your help to get out the vote for the upcoming General Election! AFT-Maryland is coordinating volunteers to make phone calls Mondays through Thursdays and Saturdays until Nov. 3rd. Call to sign up for a shift!

We are also canvassing neighborhoods with Labor-to-Labor Door-to-Door walks, Wednesday evenings and Saturdays. We are union members talking to other union members, encouraging our brothers & sisters to come out to vote on November 4th.

Schedules and contact information are below. Come out and join us!

AFT Maryland affiliates including members of the Baltimore Teachers Union and the City Union of Baltimore joined with AFT National and other labor unions and progressive organizations at a Sept. 18 rally on Capitol Hill to protect seniors' hard earned benefits. Speakers included Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Keith Ellison (D-MN).

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Stand up to GOP policies that hurt seniors.

Join us as we stand up for seniors. Thursday September 18, the “Put Seniors First” Rally at 1:30 pm on Capitol Hill. Help us protect Social Security and Medicare from benefit cuts, privatization and vouchers.  Click for

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"23868","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"395","style":"MARGIN: 5px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 137px","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"432"}}]][[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"23869","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"96","style":"WIDTH: 96px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 96px","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"96"}}]]The “Official Ballots” for the 2014 BCFPE Elections for Officers and Delegates were mailed on September 9, 2014. If you have not received your ballot by Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, you should request a packet in writing immediately from the Election Chair, Josette George at BCFPE.Chair@gmail.com.

Please be on the lookout for the BCFPE envelope marked: OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOT ENCLOSED. Follow the election instructions closely and vote for your BCFPE Executive Board Nominees!