WE ARE LOOKING FOR 4 PEOPLE TO WORK THE NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS.
FOR ELECTIONS YOU MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE DAY OFF FROM WORK USING YOUR OWN TIME (VACATION DAY, ETC) AND BE AT CENTRAL FROM 6:45 A.M. UNTIL THE VOTING AND COUNTING OF VOTES ARE DONE (USUALLY BETWEEN 8:30 & 9:30 P.M.).COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL BE PAID BY THE UNION FOR THAT DAY.
NOMINATIONS WILL BE HELD AT OUR MAY 28, 2025, 5:15 P.M. MEMBERSHIP MEETING AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND YOU MUST BE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND.
ANYONE INTERESTED IN WORKING THIS ELECTION MUST PLEASE SEND YOUR NAME, LOCATION, AND PHONE NUMBER TO AMANDA ANDREWS OR E-MAIL [email protected] BEFORE MAY 9, 2025.
ELECTIONS FOR AFSCME LOCAL 1526 OFFICERS WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 12, 2025 FROM 7:00 A.M. UNTIL 8:00 P.M. AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. (If necessary)
On the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., AFSCME releases the “I AM Story” podcast, which describes the working conditions faced by AFSCME sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968 – the year of their historic strike – and connects that seminal event to today’s struggle for economic and racial justice. The podcast also spotlights the ties between the labor and civil rights movements.
AFSCME wholeheartedly supports the newly reintroduced Richard Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act), which would make it easier for workers in the private sector to form strong unions.
The most pro-worker president in our lifetimes delivered the most pro-worker State of the Union address in recent memory.
Here are just a few highlights from President Joe Biden’s Tuesday night speech:
1. On the remarkable job growth of the last two years: 12 million new jobs are more than any previous president has created in four years in office. “Jobs are coming back, pride is coming back, because choices we made in the last several years,” Biden said.
