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Biden forgives student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workers

AFSCME President Lee Saunders praised the White House’s announcement Thursday that the Biden administration will forgive student loans for an additional 78,000 borrowers — including many AFSCME mem

Local 991 Officers & Stewards

Officers & Stewards:
President: Laura Waller, [email protected]
Exec. VP - Town: Sandy DeCampos, [email protected]
Exec. VP - BOE: Vacant            
Treasurer: Paula Zanetti, [email protected]
Secretary: Karyn Porter, [email protected]

Local 991 Meetings

REVISED  -  2021 Meeting Schedule

2nd Monday of the Month at 5:00 pm

Meetings are by Zoom. Please Send email address to [email protected]
(There will be limited seating at the office – mask required!)

  • January 11 – cancelled due to Covid-19
  • February 8
  • March 8
  • April 12
  • May 10
  • June 14 
  • September 13 
  • Tuesday, October 12 – Officer and Steward Nominations
  • November 8
  • December 13

Local 991 Contracts

AFSCME Local 991 members are covered by the following collective bargaining agreements (CBAs):
Town Employees: MEU and Library
Click here for the collective bargaining agreement

Local 991 Constitution

Click here or scroll down to get your AFSCME Local 991 Constitution. 

U.S. Conference on Mayors calls on Congress to go big on funding the front lines

The U.S. Conference of Mayors has sent a letter to Congress that echoes what AFSCME has been saying for months: It’s long past time to robustly fund the front lines.

Unions Maintain Push for Uniform School Quarantine Policies

Board of Education (BOE) Union Coalition leaders are urging Governor Ned Lamont create a clear, uniform policy regarding how school districts should handle quarantines and leaves in our public schools.

Labor leaders (including Council 4 Executive Director Jody Barr) wrote in a January 8 letter  to Lamont that too many districts are not following procedures established by health experts for responding to COVID-19 exposures. Those local school officials are jeopardizing the health and safety of their communities and the success of their students. 

"V" Is For Vaccine: News and Resources on the COVID-19 Vaccine

The availability of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is an exciting development in the fight to get the pandemic under control--and welcome news for Council 4 members and other frontline workers have borne the brunt of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic

While we have the promise of vaccines, and a commitment from the new Biden administration to provide a coordinated response, it will be months before the current surge ends. We can’t let up when it comes to following health and safety protocols at work and at home. 

A Message of Thanks to Council 4 Members for Being Everyday Heroes

Dear Council 4 Members:

We are approaching the end of a year like no other. Since early March, COVID-19 has brought havoc to our lives and to our jobs. We have had to make massive readjustments in order to keep our families and communities safe.