The union that represents Maryland state government workers says staffing shortages are reducing the quality of services every state agency provides, from maintenance and repairs at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to the monitoring of people on court-ordered home detention.
Leaders with the state and local branches of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees union detailed the impacts of vacancies at state agencies during a press conference Tuesday morning in Baltimore.
Bryan Goodman, a heavy equipment maintenance technician with the Maryland Aviation Administration and president of the union local representing MAA employees, typically repairs about six vehicles in a day. Because of staff shortages, lately he has been fixing twice that many. His coworkers who handle maintenance have to rush to meet deadlines set by the Federal Aviation Administration with inadequate staff, Goodman said.
Read more (and listen) at WYPR.
