Jimmy Tarlau: Many Workers in Md. Don’t Have the Right to Form a Union. That Needs to Change

Most people think Maryland is a state where all workers have full union rights. Unfortunately, this is not true. Thousands of public employees in our state do not have the right to form a union. Even if they want to form a union, it is not legal for them to form a union and negotiate with their employer. Public workers in Gaithersburg have no more rights than public workers in Hattiesburg, Miss. Why is this true?