AFSCME union signs new contract with Maryland securing raises, workplace safety

After two terms of rough negotiations with Maryland’s executive branch, unionized state employees flocked to the State House for the first time in nearly a decade Thursday to watch Gov. Wes Moore and Department of Budget and Management Secretary Helene Grady sign their new contract. “Gone are the days when you have state leadership that works in opposition to labor leadership,” Moore, a Democrat, said to a cheering crowd.