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.
AFSCME Local 1565 member Leighton Vanderburgh was among the thousands of people who marched in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death and the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers’ strike.
“It was quite impactful,” Vanderburgh said. “People from all over the country came together to honor Dr. King and to reflect on the taking of his life. But they also came together because of the fights we have today and the attacks on labor.”
Killingly, CT, March 26, 2018 – Killingly school paraprofessionals, members of AFSCME Local 3689, are deeply committed to making a difference in the lives of the children in their classrooms.
After months of intense bargaining, they now have a contract that reflects their commitment after overwhelmingly ratifying a three-year contract agreement with the Killingly Board of Education.
Less than three months after its inaugural meeting, the legislative Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth last Friday released its recommendations to the General Assembly. Considering the panel's domination by corporate executives, their proposals are unsurprisingly heavily tilted in favor of the ultra-rich. Still, their plan to silence the voices of Connecticut's working men and women are cause for genuine concern — and a call to action.
Two of Council 4's union chapters are offering scholarships for the children of members who plan to attend college in 2018-19:
AFSCME Local 818, representing municipal supervisory employees throughout Connecticut, will be awarding three $500.00 scholarships this year to any Local 818 member children/dependents who are high school seniors or students currently enrolled in an education program beyond the secondary level in a 2 year, 4 year or graduate program.
“Our union. Our choice. You’re not gonna take away our voice.”
That was the rallying cry of more than 200 union workers and community allies who rallied on the steps of New Haven City Hall today to protect the rights and freedom of workers to negotiate together and fight for decent and equitable pay, affordable health care, quality schools, and vibrant communities.
Karen Moorehead, a police officer and President of AFSCME Local 2504 (Montville Police Department) is not afraid to run into danger or to right society’s wrongs.
That comes with the turf for the 19-year law enforcement veteran whose duties include serving as the Drug Abuse Assistance Education (DARE) Officer for the town’s schools.
Her fearlessness and concern for public safety transformed her from a spectator into a first responder when two explosives went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon April 15, 2013, killing three and wounding 264 people.
Leaders of Connecticut’s labor movement took a strong stand against attacks on working people in a wide-ranging presentation to the Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth, advocating an approach that invests in public services and structures, makes Connecticut's tax structure fairer, and provides workers with the security and purchasing power needed for sustainable growth.
Across the United States, in communities large and small, working people took time out on Feb. 1 to honor the sacrifices of two Memphis sanitation workers whose deaths triggered the historic 1968 sanitation workers’ strike in that Tennessee city – and changed the course of civil and worker’s rights nationwide.
