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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.

AFSCME Librarians Start Union Revolution in Concord, MA 12/18/2011

It wasn’t quite a “shot heard round the world,” but a group of library employees working for the Town of Concord, MA generated quite a bit of noise in the birthplace of the American Revolution this month when they courageously became the first group of non public safety employees to form a union. 

More than 70% of the workers used the majority authorization process (commonly referred to as card check) to form a collective bargaining unit, providing themselves and their colleagues, with a more secure future.

Labor Defeats Right-to-Work in New Hampshire 12/01/2011

CONCORD, NH - The New Hampshire organized labor community chalked up a major victory yesterday when state Democratic and Republican lawmakers joined forces to kill Right-to-Work legislation in the Granite State.

State determines New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang violated collective bargaining laws - City ordered to pay more than $3 million in wages that Lang illegally stripped from AFSCME members 11/23/2011

NEW BEDFORD, MA - More than 350 New Bedford city employees are in position to recoup more than $3 million in back wages due to a violation of state collective bargaining law by outgoing New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang.

Maine County Corrections Officers See Through the Lies of Raider Organization and Vote to Stay With AFSCME 08/15/2011

Maine County Corrections Officers See Through the Lies of Raider Organization and Vote to Stay With AFSCME
Dept. of Legislation, Political Action and Communications | Mon Aug 15, 2011

Faced with a choice of remaining with their current union or affiliating with an unproven and unaffiliated organization, a unit of county corrections officers in Maine recently voted overwhelmingly to stay with AFSCME.

The Check is in the Mail: Long-Overdue Pay Increases Secured for Maine Sergeants 08/09/2011

After nearly three years of fighting, Council 93 has secured long-overdue retroactive pay increases for a group of Local 2968 members working as sergeants working in Maine State Correctional facilities. 

The 32 officers will receive the pay this week in two separate checks.  One check will include the full increase amount the union negotiated through collective bargaining, while the second check will include the non-taxable interest the state owes on the delinquent payments.

Council 93 Volunteers Cultivate Voter Support in Wisconsin Farmlands 08/04/2011

As Wisconsin voters prepare to head to the polls for landmark Senate recall elections, union volunteers are leaving no stone unturned and no door “un-knocked” in their efforts to win support for their candidates. 

Over the past several weeks more than 100 AFSCME volunteers from other states have joined an army of nearly 12,000 Wisconsinites in a historic grassroots campaign aimed ultimately

2011 Botelho Scholarship Winner Announced 08/02/2011

The Botelho Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the selection of Chelsea Mason-Basiliere as the 2011 recipient of the M. Michael Botelho Scholarship Award. 

A recent graduate of Wahconah Regional High School in Dalton, MA, Chelsea will use the scholarship funds for tuition at Bridgewater State University, where she has been accepted as a member of the class of 2015. Chelsea is the step-daughter of Local 204 member and steward Michael Kaley, a custodian and groundskeeper for Central Berkshire Regional School District. 

Council 93 Deploys Aid to Wisconsin Battleground 07/29/2011

With just twelve days to go before the historic Wisconsin Senate recall elections, AFSCME members from around the country are pouring into the state to take part in the final push for victory.