Local 1301

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WFSE Member Awarded $10k from State Program WFSE Saved in 2023 Legislative Session

After WFSE fought in the 2023 legislative session to bring back the Productivity Board, a Local 443 member won $10,000 for her idea to improve letter translation in the Paid Family Medical Leav

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Higher Education: House, Senate and Ferguson Proposals

If these cuts are implemented by the legislature, the colleges will decide how to implement them. Furloughs are on the table and have been utilized in the past. We need to speak up and demand the rich begin paying their fair share.

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WFSE Grievance Nets DOC Members Thousands in Back Pay

After a hard fight, WFSE members received an arbitration opinion vindicating our nine Department of Corrections members who teach Defensive Tactics courses who had been unfairly excluded from receiving assignment pay.

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Legislative Update 1: January 22

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National AFSCME News

More White House gaslighting about Project 2025. We won’t be fooled.
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The budget bill will blow a big hole in Medicare
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When you want a strong voice on the job, who you gonna call? CSEA/AFSCME 1000.
Library workers in Haverstraw, New York, choose CSEA to build power. — Jun 2
Fear and worry in New Mexico over cuts to food assistance
AFSCME members in New Mexico discussed their concerns with cuts to food assistance with Sen. Ben Ray Luján. — May 29
OAPSE members fight hunger in Akron Public Schools
OAPSE members in Akron, Ohio, handed out free meals to school kids this week. — May 29