LA County Workers Start Seeing Hard-Fought Raises
Thanks to the bargaining success of AFSCME negotiators, thousands of Los Angeles County employees in Council 36 Local Unions will be receiving cost-of-living (COLA) increases of 2 percent, effective October 1, 2018 (and retroactive amounts will follow). In some of the L...
Be a Labor Leader! The Civic Leadership Academy (LA County) starts today!
The Civic Leadership Academy is wrapping up cohort #4, and actively recruiting for cohort #5. Please sign up for Cohort #5 ASAP, as the class begins on Saturday, 9/14, followed by 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, and 11/9. Attendance in 4/5 classes is required to graduate. Time is 9...
It's About Freedom: Working People's Day of Action
San Diego, CA: Working People's Day of Action Start: February 24, 2018 - 3:30 PM
Luciana Giorgi
Luciana rose through the union ranks, starting out as a childcare worker and “Head Start” teacher. She was picked by her Local union as an internal membership organizer after her own childcare position was eliminated, and then began her career representing LA County and...
Council 36 is Looking for Phone Bankers
AFSCME District Council 36 is looking to hire former members into part-time political phone banking positions!This is an exciting opportunity to help elect union endorsed candidates throughout Southern California. We are hiring six part-time political phone bankers thro...
Passing of Local 3061 Member
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of AFSCME Local 3061 member Ruben Wong. He passed away on Monday due to complications from COVID-19. He is survived by his wife and three children. Ruben has been an AFSCME brother and proud sanitation driver for the...
LA City Union blitz | January 2024
We started 2024 off with an amazing organizing blitz for our Los Angeles City Local Unions. Volunteer Member Organizers (VMOs) spoke to hundreds of members and potential members about the union difference. We were able to make our union stronger. We are building power f...
Labor Day Parade and Picnic - Come one and all!
AFSCME District Council 36 urges every worker to get out there on Labor Day and to show your union pride. Wear green, bring signs and make noise!If your Local is going and would like to send pictures in real time from the parade, please send them to [email protected]...
Listen to Each Other
AFSCME Local 901 member Phillip Gonzalez, tells a story about reconnecting one of the residents at a homeless shelter with his family.We had a resident at the shelter. I overheard him talking to some other staff members and residents about his son being a Colonel in the...
Join us for the 39th Annual Labor Day Parade!
AFSCME District Council 36 urges every worker to get out there on Labor Day and to show your union pride. Wear green, bring signs and make noise! Let’s show the enemies of working people that Janus only makes us stronger! If your Local is going and would like to send pi...
New Interim Director of Council 36 Announced
Exciting news! AFSCME District Council 36 has chosen a new Interim Executive Director, Brother Darrin Spann. Brother Spann, who is pictured on the right in this photo, hails from Philly, and has a long history in AFSCME, starting as a rank-and-file member who moved up...
Building union power!
Join us build worker power across the state! AFSCME UDW and SEIU are gearing up to ORGANIZE 40,000 family childcare providers this year. Join the state labor federation and AFSCME UDW in an organizing blitz starting Sunday, February 10th (training) to February 15th (ho...
AFSCME Local 127 Ratifies Contract with City of San Diego
Members of AFSCME Local 127 have agreed to a two-year contract with the City of San Diego, with 87 percent of voters voting ‘yes’ for ratification.
Staff of the largest nonprofit pro bono law firm in the nation joins AFSCME – read about the journey through the eyes of a worker
In a tremendous labor victory, the staff of the largest pro bono nonprofit law firm in the nation, Public Counsel, has just elected to form a union and join AFSCME District Council 36. With a vote count taking place late yesterday, the employees were elated.
Lori Condinus
“I’m kind of all over,” said Condinus who began her new position in December of 2019.A veteran union administrator with more than 30 years in organized labor, Condinus worked extensively in the hospitality industry. She started her career at the Anaheim Hilton and serve...
Union activists take first step to becoming stewards
AFSCME District Council 36 held an empowering and energizing new steward training yesterday for about 40 members from a dozen different locals unions.
At Long Last, LACSD Employees Win a Fair Contract
After two years of negotiations and member actions, several hundred workers joined together through AFSCME District Council 36 have secured a five-year contract with the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD).The sanitation districts, which protect public healt...
New union contract helps fight understaffing
AFSCME Local 1117 has ratified three 13-month contracts with the City of Torrance. The new agreements come after years of negotiating contracts that expired on June 30, 2020.
Los Angeles Parks & Rec Employees Impacted by COVID-19
Sean Rivas typically spends his 12-hour shift at a Los Angeles shelter taking care of its homeless residents. As as Recreation & Park Assistant, he makes sure the residents are fed and have access to a shower, bed, and warm blanket. Now Sean has the added task of ma...
San Diego water plant operator is only woman in her role
Glenda Evans began working for the City of San Diego in 1999. She is now a water plant operator and the only woman in her position in the City. Evans initially started in an administrative position within the City but wanted to further her education. She began taking wa...
AFSCME Local 800 members rally for fair contract
AFSCME Local 800 members rallied outside the Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles (JFSLA) building Tuesday to demand a fair contract.