We are AFSCME LOCAL 478
AFSCME Local 478 represents over 350 administrative clerical employees from Bridgeport to Meriden. We are affiliated with Council 4 in New Britain and AFSCME International in Washington, DC. We are part of the NP-3 bargaining unit which represents over 4,000 state clerical employees.
VALUES AND MISSION STATEMENT:
Our Local’s Values:
- Members are to be represented with fairness and to the best of our ability.
- Members should be kind and respectful.
- Stewards and Union officials should provide unbiased representation for members.
- Officers are to be fiscally responsible.
- Union business should be as transparent as possible.
- We are a union family and it is the leadership’s goal to create an environment that fosters solidarity.
Our Local’s Mission:
- All officers will provide unbiased representation to all members.
- It is the mission of the leadership to teach our members the core purposes of the organization and help members learn more about labor relations.
- To develop a voice to speak on behalf of the members’ political, socio-economic, and labor related causes.
- We will promote the good and welfare of the membership.
- It is our mission to enhance, promote, and encourage activism.
AFSCME is the union that honors solidarity without conformity, drawing each member’s story into a force of experience and commitment that can’t be ignored. That’s how we win better lives for ourselves, our families, and our communities.