Manchester, NH- History was made this month when AFSCME Local 298-backed candidate Joyce Craig was elected as the first female mayor of Manchester, NH. Mayor-Elect Craig won the November 7th election handily with a 53% to 47% margin over incumbent Ted Gatsas, who has led the city since 2010.

Danvers, MA- More than 200 AFSCME Council 93 leaders, activists, and staff gathered in Danvers, MA this past weekend for Council's 23rd Biennial Convention.

The three-day event, held November 3-5, provided delegates with an opportunity to help chart the union's course for the next few years and featured a wide-range of training programs aimed at helping our members prepare for the challenges that are expected to arise from a pending United States Supreme Court decision on the legality of agency fee.

Lowell, MA - An arbitration win against the City of Lowell, MA has led to Local 1705 members being awarded over 330 hours of overtime pay for work that was performed at two city schools during the summer of 2016.

Through the hard work and high quality representation of their union, a painter foreman and a number of tradespeople in Local 1705 will share in the overtime award, which is still being worked out between the city and the Union.