Union urges Maryland university board to reconsider decision to lay off employees

Union urges Maryland university board to reconsider decision to lay off employees

Members from the state’s largest public employees union had a message Friday for University System of Maryland leadership: Rescind the employee layoffs. More than 100 members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) rallied in support of workers at the University of Maryland, College Park, where 73 union members were recently laid off, and at Bowie State University, where 21 members lost jobs. And the union sa…