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.
Council 4 is on the lookout for members who are dedicated unionists and labor activists always going the extra mile for their union siblings, or are outstanding citizens making a difference in their community or in someone’s life.
If you have these people in your ranks, please consider submitting their names to the Recognition & Awards Committee. Recipients will receive the awards at the Council 4 Biennial Conference Recognition Dinner on Friday, April 14, 2023, at the Mystic Marriott Hotel.
The General Assembly convened last week for a "long" legislative session that concludes June 7. Since this is an odd-numbered year, the General Assembly and governor will work towards completing a state budget.
Council 4's legislative priorities, informed by discussions with Council 4 leaders and members, reflect a commitment to properly fund quality public services, maintain and increase staffing at the state and local levels, and advocate for workers' rights and protections.
Sotonye Otunba-Payne works as a court recording monitor in New Haven Superior Court. She’s the person you see sitting in front of the judge typing every word spoken while court is in session, creating the official record. People anywhere in the world can, and do, request these transcripts, so it’s a responsibility Otunba-Payne always has taken seriously since she started nearly 25 years ago.
AFSCME Council 4 offers a variety trainings and workshops to our members and recently announced several events scheduled for January through June 2023.
Yesterday marked the second and final day of the arbitration hearing between SEBAC and the State of Connecticut over the amount of pandemic pay due to frontline essential state employees.
U.S. Army veterans Robert Beamon and Stan Sudduth forged a bond 20 years ago that remains strong as union members in AFSCME Local 391 (State Corrections).
They have stayed side by side through military deployment to becoming correctional officers to serving as union leaders.
Beamon, Local 391 vice president, and Sudduth, an executive board member, met in the Army in 2000 through the military police in Hartford.
Thanks to efforts by the Biden administration and AFSCME, many public service workers, including AFSCME members, have seen their student loans forgiven under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
Many AFSCME members work in high-stress fields such as public safety, health care, emergency medical services and firefighting. Their jobs have become even more stressful since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced many of these workers to put their and their families’ well-being at risk while serving their communities.
But when these everyday heroes face mental health issues as a result of the high-stress environment and duties that expose them to trauma, they are often expected to deal with such challenges on their own.
