AFSCME 2663 represents 2500 members in Human and Social Service jobs in Connecticut. Local 2663 has members working in many different agencies, including the Department of Children and Families (which includes the Ct. Juvenile Training School), the Department of Social Services, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the Department of Public Health, the Office of Protection and Advocacy, the Department of Developmental Disabilities, the Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind, Department of Corrections, Development and the Commission of Deaf and Hearing Impaired.

We are Investigators, Social Workers, Attorneys, Case Aides, Interpreters, Youth Service Officers, Field Representatives, Advocates and Licensing Specialists.

We are working in Day Care facilities, training schools, hospitals, courts and offices across the state.

Local 2663's members are visible every day of the week, working and helping the community.

Local 2663 is affiliated with AFSCME Council 4 in New Britain and AFSCME International. We are part of the P-2 Bargaining Unit, which is comprised of 3 locals-Local 2663, Local 714 and Local 269.

Watch AFSCME Director of Research Kerry Korpi stand up to attacks on public employees and our pensions during an appearance on CNBC. At issue: should states cut public pensions to balance ballooning budgets?

Our state union coalition takes issue with a flawed report projecting bankruptcy for the state pension fund.

International Secretary-Treasurer Lee Saunders was sworn in as AFSCME’s 39th International Convention concluded in Boston. Click headline to read more.

 

Delegates to the 39th International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, (AFSCME), today elected Lee Saunders to be the next Secretary-Treasurer of the union representing 1.6 million public service workers.

AFSCME activists rallied Wednesday on Boston Common, in solidarity with Council 93, to prevent the loss of critical public services and to pass the jobs bill now stalled in Congress.

Delegates to AFSCME's 39th International Convention pay tribute to former Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy, a giant of the labor and civil rights movements.

President Gerald W. McEntee used his keynote address on June 28 at the 2010 AFSCME Convention to demand that Congress pass a critical jobs bill — and that politicians be held accountable for their promises to working people. View video below or visit the Convention website here.

Our members in New Haven are fighting the DeStefano administration's efforts to destroy good jobs in the community.

Our members who collect, process and protect the blood supply for the American Red Cross in Connecticut are part of a national coalition holding ARC accountable for its treatment of workers and donors.

AFSCME International Convention - Local 2663 Delegate Election

NOMINATIONS TO ELECT DELEGATES TO ATTEND THE 39TH AFSCME INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 18TH, 2010, BEGINNING AT 6:30 PM.

Council 4's PEOPLE Committee endorses candidates for elected office.  This section provides more information on our endorsement process and a copy of our Candidate Questionnnaire that you can download.

The 4-Word is the official membership publication of Council 4, reaching nearly 40,000 active and retired members. Get the June-July 2010 edition online.