History
1930's
- Founded On March 3, 1935 by a group of State workers motivated to protect the merit system from political patronage
- Incorporated Feb. 24, 1936
- Brought about accumulated sick leave law, paid vacation and "temporary" pension plan
- Established health and accident insurance
- Introduced pension issue in General Assembly in 1939
1940's
- Secured passage of pension bill for 9,000 State workers
- Won several pay raises and bonuses
- Won five-day workweek
- Gained Worker's Compensation for all State employees
1950's
- Led effort to establish the State Employees Credit Union
- Won pay increases for State workers
- Won standard 40-hour workweek
1960's
- Won longevity pay plan
- Won pay raises for State workers
- Investigated collective bargaining concept in 1968
- Won 20 days vacation for 20-year employees
- Won night pay differential
- Gained increase in pension benefits
- Welcomed first county chapter
1970's
- Proposed Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
- Won 3 personal leave days
- Attained five-step grievance procedure
- Secured passage of 25-year retirement plan
- Won 90 percent reduction in employee contributions to health plans
- Earned agreement from State to allow sick leave for pregnancy, childbirth and recovery
1980's
- Provided first dental plan to State employees
- Won reclassification of thousands of State workers
- Won additional on-the-job protections for Correctional Officers and other public safety personnel
- Won county collective bargaining elections
- Blocked attempts to privatize State job
1990's
- Won State employee pay raises
- Blocked 585% increase in health insurance premiums
- Sued State over extended workweek without pay
- Won early retirement benefits for State, county, and university employees
- Introduced FREE protection package and suspension benefits to MCEA members
- Won significant increases to pension benefits
- Defeated bill to authorize collective bargaining service fees
2000's
- Introduced computer training benefit for MCEA members
- Won legislation granting bargaining rights to university employees
- Won legal action (Court of Appeals) to reaffirm the 30-day rule which requires that a State agency must investigate, meet with the employee, consider mitigating circumstances, and impose any disciplinary action within 30 days of learning of alleged misconduct, or rescind the disciplinary action.
- Won collective bargaining rights to represent sworn police officers at Frostburg State, Salisbury, and Bowie State Universities, and non-exempt employees at SU and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
- Negotiated contracts for university bargaining units
2010s-2020s
- Won legislation granting Collective Bargaining Rights to MTA police sergeants
- Launched a campaign to win collective bargaining rights for supervisors
- Continued to negotiate for our collective bargaining units and strengthen their membership