September 27, 2017 Strong Contract Turns into Strong Membership Growth AFSCME Local 3346 executed a strong contract-ratification campaign and membership blitz to show new employees at Florida International University the AFSCME difference. Read More
September 22, 2017 How One AFSCME Local is Helping Florida Dry Out and Rebuild Here’s the story of one Florida local whose members are working hard to help their hurricane-struck community dry out and move on toward normalcy. Read More
September 11, 2017 AFSCME Members Stay Strong Despite Being Walloped by Hurricane Irma AFSCME members helped Floridians cope with Hurricane Irma and are ready to assist communities across the Southeast recover from the storm as it slowly dissipates. Read More
August 16, 2017 Never Giving Up Nets FL Member 40K in Back Pay The president of a Florida local fought – with AFSCME Florida’s help – and won $40,000 in back pay in a case that underscores a key benefit of joining our union. Read More
July 27, 2017 Never Underestimate a Well-Run Ratification Campaign When you win a good contract, it often speaks for itself. But what if pay is not something you can bargain over? In Jacksonville, members showed what a strong ratification campaign can look like for expanding our voice and our union. Read More
July 14, 2017 2 Unions Work Together to Win for Working Families As we face a wave of unprecedented attacks on our workplace rights, AFSCME members in Florida are trying a new approach to secure electoral success. Read More
June 26, 2017 Applying the Pressure to Keep FL Members Employed AFSCME members who proudly work at Vizcaya Museum & Gardens are making a strong case to Miami-Dade County commissioners that they must remain county workers after the South Florida tourist landmark gets new ownership. Read More
May 25, 2017 FL State Workers Getting First Real Raise in 11 Years – Thanks to AFSCME Thousands of state employees in Florida are getting their first real raises in 11 years, and they have AFSCME Florida to thank for it. Read More
April 20, 2017 FL Members Active in Legislative Blitz Members of Florida AFSCME advocated for working people’s priorities during a recent legislative blitz. Read More
March 30, 2017 Winning a Long-Overdue Raise – and Building Their Union Jacksonville, Florida’s Local 1279 experienced huge growth in early March thanks to a strong contract campaign for a new multi-year contract. Read More
March 21, 2017 ‘I Know I Was Right, AFSCME Helped Me Prove It’ A state employee in Florida was wrongfully terminated. AFSCME helped her win her job back. Read More
June 07, 2016 Becoming AFSCME Strong One Door at a Time After an intensive AFSCME Strong training session, AFSCME Florida leaders across North Florida are taking lessons they learned back to their fellow members. Read More
June 07, 2016 For Scholarship Winner, AFSCME Has Always Been Part of the Family This college freshman is heading to college, knowing that his parents’ union has his back. Read More
June 01, 2016 Worksite Unity Ignites Reclassification Win With a never-quit attitude, employees of the Miami-Dade County (FLA) Public Works Department won the compensation they deserved. Read More
April 25, 2016 Would You Like Ribs or a Hot Dog with Your AFSCME Strong? Hot dogs, BBQ and discussions about their union and politics were just a few highlights of a picnic for AFSCME members across Miami-Dade County, Fla. Read More
April 07, 2016 Sodexo Workers Catch Up with Jacksonville Pact For AFSCME Local 1328 members, their AFSCME Strong training was put to the test recently when it came to helping a subset of their coworkers to a contract win. Read More
April 04, 2016 Strong Working Families Begin with Paid Parental Leave AFSCME Florida Local 199 members successfully passed a partial paid parental leave ordinance. Read More
March 14, 2016 Primary Election Energizes Members With critical primary elections looming Tuesday, AFSCME members were energized to support Hillary Clinton. Read More
March 10, 2016 Connecting Co-Workers in Florida From state to state, workers are joining AFSCME for a stronger voice on the job. Read More
February 15, 2016 ‘AFSCME Saved My Career’ Late last year, James McGee learned about the value of his union when he turned to AFSCME Local 3030 to actually fight for his job. Read More
February 01, 2016 In Florida, Stepping Up the Drive for Respect Florida state employees, who have gone eight years without a pay increase, are telling elected officials it’s time for a change. Read More
December 17, 2015 Fight Against Outsourcing Starts Early Too often the dangers of outsourcing hit us when the proverbial train has already left the station, making the pushback efforts that much harder. But AFSCME members at the Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department got ahead of the curve. Read More
December 07, 2015 Showcasing Union Value in Small Town AFSCME Local 3918 in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, is a small union, but its members are AFSCME Strong. Read More
November 24, 2015 Contract Ratification Boosts School Employees AFSCME Florida Local 1184 contract ratification campaign nets economic and union-building improvements for Miami-Dade Public School employees. Read More
September 04, 2015 Unified Locals AFSCME Strong with New Contract AFSCME Locals 1328 and 1781, representing 2,400 clerks, LPNs, maintenance, PCAs and other professional and critical staff at UF Health Jacksonville, overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract. Read More
August 10, 2015 Union Helps Her Recover $12,800 Deloris Wells' supervisor was not completing her annual evaluation form. And without a completed form she didn’t get a wage increase, year after year - so she called in the union for help. Read More
August 05, 2015 Mass Rally Defends Sanitation Jobs, Services More than 200 union members stood united with small business owners and community activists in front of City Hall here Aug. 4, protesting the Council’s recent decision to move forward with consideration of outsourcing the city’s sanitation services. Read More
June 30, 2015 Florida’s Living Labor Legend Retires After a long and distinguished career, Council 79 President Jeanette Wynn celebrated her retirement at a reception full of hugs, tears and stories following the recent AFSCME Strong Training Conference held in Altamont Springs, Florida. Read More