Join AFSCME Council 4
Why Join?
- Do you want to build a better and more secure economic future for you and your family?
- Are you hurting from a lack of quality, affordable healthcare coverage?
- Have you ever been unfairly disciplined by your supervisor or forced to accept a demotion, suspension or other punishment you didn’t deserve?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, it’s time to consider forming a union with AFSCME. With more than 1.6 million active and retired members nationwide (including 30,000 active members in Connecticut), AFSCME is the strongest and most respected public services union in the country.
AFSCME is one of the nation’s largest unions and leading advocates for working women and men. Our 1.4 million members nationwide, including the 30,000 courageous public servants in Connecticut represented by Council 4, provide the vital services that make America happen, and we believe everyone deserves a chance to fulfill the American dream. AFSCME represents workers across a variety of sectors, from corrections, public safety, and transportation to public works, education support staff, higher education, human and social services, municipal government, and private-sector cultural workers—and our diversity is our collective strength.
As the union with the most diverse membership in the country, we believe in honoring solidarity without conformity, drawing on each member’s unique story to connect individual struggles into a shared, powerful movement for change. That’s how we win better lives for ourselves, our families, and our communities. We are honored to advocate for workers proudly committed to public service, regardless of job or sector, and we never quit.
We consistently fight for and secure the best wages, benefits, and working conditions for our members across Connecticut. Since so many of the workers’ rights that we hold dear are impacted by the actions of elected officials, who dictate the funding for all public services, we maintain a strong presence in the corridors of government, fighting to protect our members and holding politicians accountable for their actions. We stand ready to fight for you and your colleagues.
Get in touch with us to learn more about becoming a member of the AFSCME family. All conversations are strictly confidential.
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Welcome to AFSCME Council 4's "Get Organized" Campaign!
Organizing is a labor union’s most critical mission. By aiding workers in finding their voice and forming their own union, our committed organizers are expanding the number of working people who are protected from the cruelty of corporate greed, the whims of the ultra-wealthy, and the indifference of politicians who forget who they serve. By bringing new workers into the union family, we strengthen the voice of working people across Connecticut and increase the power of every worker. Without organizing, the labor movement can’t survive—because organizing is the lifeblood of everything we do. It is the oxygen that keeps the labor movement alive.
AFSCME GO—Get Organized—is our union’s nationwide campaign to grow our union by organizing new workers into AFSCME and strengthening the power of every local we represent. We believe our greatest defense against attacks on public services, workers’ rights, and union power is a larger, more active, and more united membership. Through this campaign, we call on unorganized workers to come together to form new AFSCME locals, and we engage our current members and retirees to help bring their coworkers into the union and build real workplace solidarity.
AFSCME launched AFSCME GO in response to escalating political and economic threats facing working people and the public services our communities depend on. Budget cuts, privatization, and coordinated anti-union agendas threaten not only jobs and wages, but also retirement security, health care, workplace safety, and the fundamental right to organize. In this moment, we know organizing is not optional—it is essential. When we grow, we protect what we’ve built and gain the strength to fight for more.
At the heart of AFSCME GO is our commitment to organizing new AFSCME locals by empowering workers to stand together and claim a collective voice on the job. We work side by side with workers who want representation—educating them about their rights, building trust and unity in the workplace, and guiding them through the process of forming a local under the AFSCME umbrella. Every new local strengthens our bargaining power and our ability to defend workers' rights as well as public services across Connecticut.
AFSCME GO is also a call to action for our existing members. Organizing is not just the work of staff—it belongs to all of us. We ask our members to talk with their coworkers, welcome new workers into our union family, and stay engaged in the life of their locals. The message is simple and powerful: when we grow, we win. The more workers we organize, the more power we have to secure fair contracts, protect pensions and benefits, and stop harmful policies before they take root.
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