Workers rallied outside the University System of Maryland Board of Regents meeting on Friday morning aiming to bend the ear of leaders for better wages and work conditions. There were about 100 people, some of whom were university employees, who even marched into the meeting that was in progress to garner the attention of board members to no avail. The American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees were outraged that pay raises from a state surplus of nearly $2 billion won’t trickle down to university employees.
Standing on the steps of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union building, union leaders said they demand higher wages, safer work conditions and emergency leave. The union is also pushing for a new contract that applies to all universities in the system, to bargain with the board of regents, instead of individual contracts with each campus.
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