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AFSCME WORKS Online Xtras

Up-to-date news for the web from AFSCME WORKS Magazine.

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  Students Learn to Become Labor Organizers Through AFSCME’s Alternative Union Break
  Eight college students and recent graduates came together in Delaware in January to participate in a week-long, intensive course on organizing workers to gain dignity and respect on the job through collective bargaining.
• Utah County Workers Cast Historic Vote to Join AFSCME
  For the first time, more than 400 Salt Lake County employees will be represented by a union – Utah AFSCME Local 1004.
• AFSCME Wins Major Grievance Against Maryland School District
  Prince George’s County Public Schools can no longer use temporary and substitute employees to undermine its contract with the Association of Classified Employees (ACE)/AFSCME Local 2250, a grievance arbitrator has ruled.
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  Milestone for Ohio Child Care Providers
  Gov. Ted Strickland (D) this month signed the first contract covering more than 8,000 in-home child care providers represented by Child Care Providers Together (CCPT)/Ohio Council 8.
• Oklahoma AFSCME Members Donate to Senior Meals
  Donations from members of the Edmond chapter of Oklahoma City AFSCME Local 2739 kept the Edmond Senior Center lunch program from closing due to state budget cuts.
• Rhode Island AFSCME Members Display Holiday Spirit of Giving
  University of Rhode Island Local 528 (AFSCME Council 94) donated $2,000 worth of toys, gift cards and food during its annual holiday charity drive.
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  Retiree's Daughter Wins Pittsburgh City Council Seat
  The daughter of an AFSCME retiree is one of the newest members of the Pittsburgh City Council.
• Minnesota COs Beat Privateers
  In a major victory in AFSCME’s fight against privatization, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) will shut down its Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton on Feb. 1.
• PA High Court Rules Budget Impasse Cannot Stop State Paychecks
  Acting on a lawsuit brought by AFSCME Council 13 and other unions, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that state employees must be paid in a timely manner even if the state legislature fails to pass a budget.
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  AFSCME Activists Help Defeat NY Town’s Merger Plan
  Members of AFSCME Local 3718 (District Council 66) pulled out all the stops to defeat a ballot proposal that would have dissolved Johnson City, New York, and cost 126 village employees their jobs.
• Illinois State Workers Join AFSCME – After a Long Wait
  500 Illinois state public service administrators have finally gained representation with AFSCME Council 31 after waiting more than a year and a half for their ballots to be counted.
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  Honoring the Unsung Heroes
  More than 500 law enforcement and corrections officers gathered in Las Vegas for the Public Safety Congress to discuss critical issues like prison overcrowding and use of force in law enforcement.
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  UDW Member Testifies at Workers’ Rights Hearing
  More than 300 workers participated in the First National Asian Pacific American Workers’ Rights Hearing at the AFL-CIO to share their stories and talk about the challenges of organizing new members.
• AFSCME Public Safety Congress Convenes in Las Vegas Nov. 13-15
  Hundreds of law enforcement and corrections officers are meeting this weekend in Las Vegas for the biennial Public Safety Congress.
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  Alaska Public Service Workers Featured on National Geographic Channel
  The Alaska State Troopers – members of the Public Safety Employees of Alaska (PSEA)/AFSCME Local 803 – are featured in a cable TV series on the National Geographic Channel.
• Philadelphia Corrections Officers Win Arbitration Ruling
  The Commonwealth Court has ruled that nearly 2,000 corrections officers in the City of Philadelphia are entitled to reach new agreements through an arbitration process.
• NM Child Care Providers Say ‘Yes’ to AFSCME
  Approximately 2,600 family child care providers statewide can now speak with one powerful voice after voting to join Child Care Providers Together (CCPT)/New Mexico, an affiliate of AFSCME Council 18.
• California Nurses Win Grant to Improve Health Care
  The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP/AFSCME) has won a $60,000 federal grant to improve patient care at Riverside’s Parkview Community Hospital and Medical Center.
• Federal Judge Blocks California In-Home Service Cuts
  United Domestic Workers (UDW/AFSCME) and its partners have won a key victory in their battle to prevent as many as 130,000 low-income seniors and the disabled from losing critical in-home care services.
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  Washington Workers and Community Supporters Rally to ‘Save the Disabled’
  Members of WFSE Local 573 (Council 28), the City Council of Medical Lake and community supporters protest the planned closure of Lakeland Village, a residential facility for the developmentally disabled.
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