CANCELLED* Civil Rights Committee Special Screening of "The Tuskegee Airmen" in honor of Memorial Day
This event has been cancelled. There will be a brief ceremony to honor the brave Tuskegee Airmen and Buffalo Soldiers. Possibility of food trucks available on site. Movie starts at sunset (8:16 pm).
New Year, New Opportunity: AFSCME Free or Discounted College Degrees
2020 is here. It's a perfect time for Council 4 members to get ahead with their education.The AFSCME Free College Benefit makes it possible for you and your family members to earn an associate degree completely online – for FREE. This union benefit is open to all active...
Civil Rights Committee Movie Night
Please join us on Friday, July 23 for an outdoor screening of Exterminate All The Brutes: Parts 1&2, hosted by the Council 4 Civil Rights Committee. This docuseries examines Europe’s dark history in Africa and the origins of genocide.The movie will start at dusk, so...
Special Council 4 Delegate Assembly Meeting
A Special Delegate’s meeting has been scheduled for Friday, December 20, 2019.This meeting is for discussion and possible action to endorse a candidate for the Jan. 14, 2020 special election, which includes the 48th House District (Colchester, Lebanon, Mansfield, and Wi...
March For Our Classrooms (New Haven)
We're joining together because Connecticut's public education system is facing a funding crisis, and students, teachers, and support staff are paying the price. Join us to celebrate teachers and staff and demand better for them, our students, and for our public educatio...
Civil Rights Committee Movie Night POSTPONED***
This event has been rescheduled for the following week: Friday, August 27.Please join us on Friday, August 20 for an outdoor screening of Exterminate All The Brutes: Parts 3 & 4, hosted by the Council 4 Civil Rights Committee. This docuseries examines Europe’s dark...
The union difference: Greatest wealth gains are for Black and Hispanic union households
We’ve said it before: Life is better in a union. Workers who belong to unions make more money than their nonunion counterparts. They have better health care insurance and retirement plans, more job security and safer working conditions. They’re happier.
Biden administration extends pause on student loan repayment
Good news for federal student loan borrowers: This month, the Biden administration again extended the pause on student debt repayment – this time through Aug. 31.
Make your plan to vote today
If there’s one thing the 2020 election has in spades, it’s choices – and not just the choices between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, and choices up and down the ballot. In a year when our jobs, our families, and every aspect of our lives have...
Civil Rights Committee Movie Night
Please join us on Friday, August 6 for an outdoor screening of Judas and the Black Messiah, hosted by the Council 4 Civil Rights Committee. This 2021 American biographical drama film is about the betrayal of Fred Hampton (played by Daniel Kaluuya), chairman of the Illin...
Press Conference: Hazard Pay for Essential Workers
Since the start of the pandemic, Connecticut’s 14 billionaires have amassed an additional $12.6 billion in wealth. But the essential workers who put their lives on the line to keep our communities afloat only received empty praise.Thousands of working people across the...
Be Like Local 318's Lanette Kinsella: Get Your AFSCME Free College Degree
NOW ENROLLING FOR SPRING CLASSES JANUARY 11, 2021 Lanette Kinsella of AFSCME Local 318 is a Motor Vehicle Examiner for the Department of Motor Vehicles in Wethersfield. With more than 13 years on the job, and a desire to advance in state service she is not standing pat...
A New Jersey member’s career grows thanks to the AFSCME Free College Benefit
The pandemic has led many of us to take stock of our lives and our goals. For AFSCME New Jersey member LaTrenda Ross, the pandemic ignited a long-held dream—starting her own life coaching business.“I was thinking about revamping my whole entire life,” recalls Ross, a me...
Higher Education Unions' "March for the Future"
For years, campus officials and politicians have forced austerity, privatization, divestment and consolidation on Connecticut's public colleges and universities. This effort is part of coordinated efforts to secure the resources needed to assure our students access to t...
Bayou State Blues: Members Slammed While Processing Record Unemployment Claims
AFSCME members working for the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) are hopping busy these days fulfilling a critical mission. They are helping Louisianans survive as the Bayou State’s economy buckles under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.
Leukemia Survivor Inspires Union-Themed Kids Library at Council 4
Behind our union’s newly christened Cameron Wilson Children’s Library – a place for members’ children to sit and read a labor story or play games while their parents attend to union business at Council 4 – is a courageous child and his equally determined parents.At the...
Council 4 Office Closed To The Public, But We're Still Working
Please check our special Coronovarius Resource page for Council 4 members for news and info.Council 4 Executive Director Jody Barr issued the following statement to Council 4 Local Presidents, Executive Board and Delegates to share with all our members:We recognize that...
Council 4 Members: "Be Counted. Complete the 2020 Census."
For Council 4 AFSCME members, our families, and our communities, the 2020 Census is a "Big Deal." Every 10 years, the Census determines how the government allocates funding and resources for vital programs and services. If your community is under-counted, that could af...
Rep. Jahana Hayes Joins Council 4 In Calling For State, Local Aid
With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to devastate the nation’s physical and fiscal health, U.S. Rep Jahana Hayes (CT-5) took time out to urge Council 4 members to make their voices heard in the fierce political battle to approve massive federal aid for states, citie...
Press Event for Fair Contracts at State Capitol
PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE!The State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC) is sponsoring a press conference for Tuesday, July 13th, starting at 4:30PM, at Gov. Lamont's parking spot outside the State Capitol in Hartford.Members across all of our 15 SEBAC unions w...
Council 4 Announces Fall Training Schedule
Starting in September, Council 4 is hosting a full range of Fall trainings that will provide the skills and tools to local leaders for building stronger unions.Here is an overview of workshop topics offered this Fall:
AFSCME Praises Supreme Court Ruling Protecting LGBTQ Workers
AFSCME praised today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that extends protections under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to millions of LGBTQ workers.In a statement, AFSCME President Lee Saunders said such protections are long overdue and represent an important ste...
Another reason to involve yourself in the GA Senate runoffs – funding for front-line heroes
Here’s a crucial reason for working people to do all they can to help Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock win the Georgia Senate runoff elections in January – federal aid to states, cities, towns and schools.If Ossoff and Warnock prevail, there will be a pro-worker...
Labor Applauds Establishment of COVID-19 Assistance Fund for Essential Workers
Organized labor’s determination to help essential workers who were made sick on the job by COVID-19 has led to the creation of the Connecticut Essential Workers COVID-19 Assistance Fund.During the budget implementer session in mid-June, state legislators finalized the i...
We made it happen: Union members helped win the American Rescue Plan
As the world marked the anniversary of the official start of the coronavirus pandemic Thursday, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law and offered words of hope to a weary nation.