Make your voice heard on the Maryland Senate Collective Bargaining Bill for Faculty, Post Doctoral Associates, and Graduate Assistants (SB0823)!
SB0823 will provide collective bargaining rights to certain faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants at certain State institutions of higher education; establishing separate collective bargaining units for the faculty, part-time faculty, post doctoral associates, and graduate assistants. Learn more about SB0823 here or review the CBB Bill Explainer. SB0823 will have a public hearing on March 7, 2024
A recording of the hearing on House version of the Bill, which was held on February 13 can be viewed here. Testimony supporting the CBB starts at 1:50:00 and the opposition testimony begins at 2:13:00. The Q&A session begins at 2:23:00.
Resources to walk you through creating an MBA account and submitting your testimony can be found here. You can use this google form to submit your testimony on the Senate Bill.
Feel free to reach out with any questions to dadoug1@umbc.edu, UMBC's GSA Legislative Concerns Committee Chair, or the coalition at aaupmd@gmail.com .