A pair of bills before the General Assembly would pave the way for thousands of University System of Maryland faculty and graduate students to unionize, building on a wave of organizing that has swept the state in the years since the pandemic.

As professors nationwide unionize at a rising clip—up over 7% since 2012—a new bill in the Maryland General Assembly aims to fuel the trend at state universities. Introduced on March 10, 2025, the legislation would grant faculty at Morgan State University,

Union workers rally at Maryland State House for labor-friendly bills