Union Information

Unless excluded due to managerial, supervisory, or confidential employment status, Exempt Employees, Nonexempt Employees and Sworn Police Officers at FSU are represented by the following labor unions:

  • AFSCME Contact Information

    AFSCME MD
    511 E Franklin Street
    Hagerstown, MD  21740
    866-665-2895
    Fax: 301-665-2953
    AFSME Web Site

    AFSCME Office on the FSU campus is located in the Stangle Building, Room 137

    Email: AFSCMELocal239@gmail.com

    Union Meetings: 2nd Wednesday of the month from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.*

    Lane Center Room 111

    (*Meetings are also available virtually via Zoom)

  • AFSCME FSU Officers, Executive Board and Trustees

    Local 239 Officers

    • President: Christopher Boyer;
    • Gira Center x4186
    • Vice President: Melanie Lombardi
    • Gira Center x3011
    • Treasurer: Clarissa Lang           
    • Veterans Center x7013
    • Secretary: Linda Steele         
    • 144 Pullen Hall  x4137

    Executive Board at Large

    • Cody Parsons                            
    • Stangle x4250
    • Kristin Bachtel                                
    • 134 Pullen Hall  301-876-3714
    • Denise Arnold                            
    • Education & Health Sciences Center x3087

    Trustees

    • Conrad Maust                           
    • PAC 304  x3037
    • Scott Thomas                        
    • USMH 429  240-527-2758

    Stewards

    • Cody Parsons                            
    • Stangle x4250
    • Linda Steele         
    • 144 Pullen Hall  x4137
    • Melanie Lombardi
    • Gira Center x3011
    • Denise Arnold                            
    • Education & Health Sciences Center x3087
    • Kari Wilhelm
    • 207 Dunkle x3081
    • Christopher Boyer                
    • Gira Center x4186

     

  • Collective Bargaining Update

    AFSCME – Exempt and Nonexempt Employees

    Frostburg State University and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) have a three (3) year Consolidated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU is effective from Effective July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2027 (Ratified July 31, 2024).


    Sworn Police Officers

    Frostburg State University and the Fraternal Order of Police - Lodge 147 have a three year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU is effective from December 14th, 2021 to December 13th, 2024.

  • Definitions for Managerial, Supervisory and Confidential Employees

    Managerial Employee

    A managerial employee is an employee who is engaged predominantly in executive and management functions; or charged with the responsibility of directing the effectuation of management policies and practices.

    Supervisory Employee

    A supervisory employee is an employee who has authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if, in connection with the foregoing, the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature but requires the use of independent judgment.

    Confidential Employee

    A confidential employee is an employee who has access to confidential or discretionary information, which means information regarding (A) legal advise, (B) the development of policy or procedures pertaining to labor/employee relations, or (C) budget formulation and implementation.

    • whose functional responsibilities or knowledge concerning labor/employee relations makes the employee's membership in an employee organization incompatible with the employee's duties; · or,
    • who performs the functions of a secretary/administrative assistant/executive administrative assistant to a chancellor, president, vice chancellor, vice president, provost or dean.
Collective Bargaining Agreements: