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Don't Miss Your Chance to be Heard—AFSCME Council 4's Lobby Day is Wednesday, May 14th!

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Be Heard—AFSCME Council 4's Lobby Day Is Wednesday, May 14!

We Don’t Wait for Change—We Make Change

Rocky Hill Town Employees “in stronger position than ever” after winning 4-year contract

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.

Lawmakers seek congressional support for paraprofessionals and other school staff

Connecticut Rep. Jahana Hayes recently introduced a resolution calling on Congress to affirm its support for providing living wages, good benefits and fair working conditions to paraeducators, classroom assistants, bus drivers, custodial workers and others who are vital to our public education system.

Council 4 Announces Priorities for 2024 Legislative Session

The General Assembly is convening on February 7 for a "short" legislative session that concludes May 8.

Council 4's legislative priorities, informed by discussions with Council 4 leaders and members, reflect a commitment to four main areas:

  1. Protecting Collective Bargaining and Workers' Rights

  2. Strengthening Public Education At All Levels

  3. Supporting Fair Budgets and a Healthy Economy

AFSCME’s ‘I AM Story’ podcast nominated for NAACP Image Award

AFSCME’s “I AM Story” podcast has received a nomination for an NAACP Image Award in the “Outstanding Podcast – Limited Series/Short Form” category.

Union membership numbers show momentum remains strong despite staffing shortages

Despite the growing wave of worker organizing across the country, the union membership rate last year ticked down slightly, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today, underscoring the importance of initiatives like AFSCME’s Staff the Front Lines to fill job vacancies in the public sector.

Elmore Nickleberry, Memphis sanitation worker who went on strike in 1968, dies at 92

Elmore Nickleberry, Memphis sanitation worker who went on strike in 1968, dies at 92

Inside Council 4 Newsletter

Inside Council 4 is our quarterly e-newsletter that includes recent webstories that feature and uplift AFSCME Council 4 members, a calendar of events, and information about how to stay connected. Find out what's happening in your union and the great work members do for their communities.

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No tradeoff between strong labor unions and a strong economy

A recent Treasury Department report titled, “Labor Unions and the Middle Class,” was the subject of a conversation at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) that highlighted the role of unions in making the economy stronger.

AFSCME’s I AM STORY podcast wins national awards

AFSCME’s I AM STORY podcast wins national awards