AFSCME Across America: Organizing for Power
From state to state, workers are organizing with AFSCME for a stronger voice on the job.
From state to state, workers are organizing with AFSCME for a stronger voice on the job. Here are some recent victories:
Florida
Twenty-one non-academic employees at Palmer College in Port Orange have joined the Federation of Physicians and Dentists/NUHHCE/AFSCME.
Massachusetts
Fifty employees of the Town of South Hadley voted overwhelmingly to form a union with Council 93. The workers include supervisory employees and clerical and instructional workers. They fought for more than two years, while town officials stalled in providing the eligible voter list. Also, 13 full and part-time library employees in Great Barrington joined the council (Local 204) through majority sign-up.
Minnesota
Eighty-six Hennepin County planning analysts and principal planners have joined Local 2864 (Council 5) under an agreement that allows certain job classes of professional employees to unite with existing AFSCME locals through majority sign-up. Also, seven Hennepin County dental hygienists joined the council’s Local 34, and 54 probation officers became the first Anoka County employees to join the council (Local 144).
New Jersey
Seventy-five clerical workers, inspec-tors and other non-supervisory white-collar employees of West Milford township have joined Council 52, forming Local 3301.
New York
Forty-one employees of the Island Trees Public Library in Long Island have won voluntary recognition as members of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/AFSCME Local 1000; also joining CSEA are 12 monitors in the Pawling Central School District in the Hudson Valley.
Pennsylvania
One-hundred and twenty-six professional employees of the state Gaming Control Board joined Council 13 following a run-off election with another union. Also joining the council: 131 employees from a merger between Northwestern Human Services (a community-based, non-profit, human services provider) and Tri-Valley Schools. They became part of Local 1438.
Washington
One-hundred and six full-time and part-time professional, technical and clerical employees of the City of Lakewood have joined Council 2. Nine full-and part-time broadband service technicians employed by Tacoma Public Utilities also joined the council.
