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Message from Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy

Welcome to our new resource for those within AFSCME who oversee union finances—not only affiliate secretary-treasurers, but also other officers, executive board members, AFSCME members and employees of our affiliates. What follows is the complete text of AFSCME's "Financial Standards Code," now available to all of AFSCME's membership with access to the Internet.

This new resource is part of our continuing effort to educate those responsible for handling our union's funds and other assets, maintaining our financial records, and making decisions regarding expenditures. The Code, strengthened by AFSCME's International Executive Board immediately prior to last year's convention, is one of the most comprehensive set of financial standards in the labor movement. It provides step-by-step procedures for maintaining financial records, preparing meaningful financial reports, makes recommendations regarding sound business procedures, clarifies the rules governing paying wages, reimbursing expenses, paying allowances, etc.

Copies of the Code are mailed to newly-elected secretary-treasurers and the Code is reprinted in the materials distributed at our popular Secretary-Treasurer Training classes conducted across the country. In 2004 and 2005 to date, we have reached 1,818 officers representing 879 AFSCME affiliates with these training classes. With the addition of the Code to this website, every member can now log on to learn better ways to maintain fiscal controls over the union's assets.

Finally, having the Code on the Web will permit us to communicate additional changes to the Code as they are approved. While the Code has not been substantially revised during the last several years, it is our intent to update, revise and expand provisions of the Code as needed. Please watch this website for our announcement of any changes to the Code.


William Lucy
International Secretary-Treasurer
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