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Greetings Local 372 School Crossing Guards,

Happy New Year to you and to your families.

Greetings sisters and brothers, I’m extremely happy to bring you some great and exciting news.


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Effective dates for the pay increases for Department of Education members.
It is the same schedule as the Mayoral Agencies. 
Boardwide covered employees are Annual employees (Hbank). 
Local 372 Hourly employees are in both Hourly (E-Bank ) and Annual (H-Bank).

Ratification Bonus:
Hourly E-Bank Pay Date - 4/27/23
Annual H-Bank Pay Date - 4/28/23

General Wage Increase (GWI) Backpay/Retro for 5/21 and 5/22:
Hourly E-Bank Pay Date - 5/25/23
Annual H-Bank Pay Date - 5/26/23

AFSCME President Lee Saunders praised the White House’s announcement Thursday that the Biden administration will forgive student loans for an additional 78,000 borrowers — including many AFSCME members — under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

AFSCME President Lee Saunders congratulated Nicole Berner, a longtime labor lawyer and general counsel of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), on being confirmed to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Mr. Montoya goes to Washington

Photo: Nicholas Voutsinos/ AFSCME

In this year’s State of the Union speech, President Joe Biden highlighted his administration’s achievements over the past three years and vowed to continue fighting for working people.

AFSCME applauds his accomplishments and strongly supports the Biden-Harris administration’s vision for the future, which includes defending our nation’s democracy, protecting a woman’s right to choose and making the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes, among other things.