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Save AFSCME Jobs!

On Monday, May 6th we need your help to save AFSCME jobs in Medford and Rowley! Come support our AFSCME brothers and sisters in Locals 3338 and 2905.

Local 1700 Defeats Privatization Effort in Duxbury

"Congratulations to the members of AFSCME Local 1700 Duxbury School Custodians on their victory over a short-sited plan to privatize custodial services in Duxbury this morning.

St. Michael’s College custodians ratify historic first contract 03/25/2014

A group of custodians working at St. Michael's College in Vermont set new standards for fair pay and working conditions on the campus by ratifying the first union contract in the 110 year history of the college.
 

Sen. Elizabeth Warren to AFSCME Members: It’s Time to Go on Offense 12/16/2013

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by Olivia Sandbothe  |  December 16, 2013

As attacks on working people continue across the nation, it can feel like there’s no one in Congress willing to stick up for the middle class. But at least one Senator is speaking out on labor issues.  On Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts addressed AFSCME's International Vice Presidents at the union's headquarters.

Remembering the Newtown School Massacre One Year Ago 12/13/2013

by Clyde Weiss  |  December 13, 2013


AFSCME members join the nation in honoring the 20 children and six adult educators of Sandy Hook Elementary School slain in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012.

AFSCME Boston Union Leaders Endorse Martin Walsh for Mayor of Boston 10/02/2013

BOSTON - A committee of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union leaders representing more than 2,000 men and women working for the City of Boston today voted unanimously to endorse State Representative Martin Walsh's candidacy for Mayor of Boston.

STATEMENT BY COUNCIL 93 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/AFSCME INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FRANK MORONEY ON SEIU's WITHDRAWAL FROM THE VERMONT HOME CARE WORKER UNION ELECTION 07/31/2013

AFSCME Council 93 applauds the decision by SEIU to withdraw from the home care worker union election in Vermont. Their decision means that the more than 7,000 home care workers can now focus on working with AFSCME to secure better wages, benefits and training that will make them even better caregivers than they are now. This is a victory not only for the workers, but for the thousands of individuals and families who rely on them for quality care.

Executive Director Frank Moroney Calls Attention to Unfair Gap in Management/Union Vacation Benefits in Brookline 06/05/2013

Letter: Vacation disparity between management, workers ‘glaring’
Source: Wicked Local Brookline

Brookline — It's not often that a public employee union finds itself thanking a group that tried to prevent a union contract from being funded. But an effort by Brookline PAX at last week's Town Meeting calls for just that.

Historic New Law Provides Vermont Independent Home Care Workers with the Right to Form a Union 05/24/2013

A six-month legislative campaign spearheaded by AFSCME and aimed at providing Vermont's home care providers with collective bargaining rights ended triumphantly today when Governor Peter Shumlin signed SB59.

The law paves the way for AFSCME to complete a nearly two-year effort to organize these essential public caregivers and help them reap the benefits and respect that comes with being a union member.

Council 93 Wastewater Professionals Honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 04/03/2013

A small team of AFSCME members running the town wastewater treatment plant in Uxbridge, MA recently received New England-wide recognition from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for "exceptional work in operating and maintaining the plant."