Chanting “We?re tired, and we?re not going to take it anymore,” employees of the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in downtown Baltimore held a rally Tuesday on the sidewalk in front of the east building protesting what they called “impossible” working conditions in the Jury Division.

“This is about respect,” said Pat Kelly, president of AFSCME Local 3674, which represents the courthouse employees. “We have been trying to meet with management for a year,” she said.