Members of AFSCME Local 1303-112 (Rocky Hill Town Employees) are celebrating a new contract along with multiple lessons they learned about the process of negotiations.
It’s hard to imagine nearly 700,000 Americans going hungry, but that’s the anticipated impact of a harsh rule change imposed by the Trump administration for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
In Connecticut, Council 4 members like Bill Seedman of AFSCME Local 714 (P-2 Social & Human Services) will see the damaging ripple effect that poor nutrition has on young people and families. And they’re justifiably sounding the alarm.
Here’s a big reason to join a union – a bigger paycheck.New numbers from U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show just how much of a difference a union makes in terms of worker pay.
AFSCME members pushed Congress hard to fund the Substance Use Disorder Treatment Workforce Loan Repayment Program, which is aimed at helping lessen the burden of crushing student loans for full-time workers who treat or support patients with substance-use disorders.
In late December, $12 million in new funding was signed into law, a big victory for AFSCME’s United We Heal campaign, which led a grassroots effort in
On a normal day, Sandra Pacheco, an administrative assistant in Puerto Rico’s Department of Transportation and Public Works, begins her day at 7 a.m., filing paperwork for her colleagues in the field. It’s a job that Pacheco, who is president of her local, AFSCME Local 3889, Council 95 (Servidores Públicos Unidos de Puerto Rico), does with pride and dedication.
Comptroller Kevin Lembo recently issued the state’s first annual SEBAC Savings Analysis Report, detailing how the 2017 State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) agreement has saved Connecticut $1.7 billion since 2018.
Paraprofessionals are the quiet heroes of the school system. They significantly shape students’ lives and futures; on some occasions, they literally save lives.
That's the case in Killingly, where 125 paraprofessionals are represented by Local 3689 of Council 4.
Two years ago, a paraprofessional acted quickly and decisively to save a student from choking to death. According to Local 3689 President Courtney Poirier, that incident was a catalyst to ramping up AFSCME’s commitment to offer on-the-job CPR training.
Members of AFSCME Local 1214, representing employees at Charter Oak State College, the state’s flagship online college in New Britain, have plenty of reasons to be thankful.
In keeping with their tradition of supporting community causes, throughout the year, the union’s Giving Committee donated $550 to the Malta House of Care Mobile Medical Clinic, which provides high-quality, free primary health care to uninsured adults in Greater Hartford; and $550 to Hands On Hartford, which serves Hartford residents in need of food, housing & related services.
