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Union workers rally with Yousef Rabhi at Ann Arbor city hall

ANN ARBOR, MI — David Kastner, president of AFSCME Local 369, says his union represents about 300 Ann Arbor city workers who ...

Op-ed: Union vs. goats, a case study for why members should question union leadership

So, credit to the Columbus city workers’ union for giving us another labor-saving technology to worry about: goats. The ...

State workers union sues Moore, university system for withheld raises

Union leaders filed an unfair labor practice claim and said they were also filing suit against the governor and the ...
Yahoo

AFSCME union members to receive lump-sum bonus but no raise

Members of AFSCME Local 288 will receive a $6,500 bonus, but they will not get a raise. Following an arbitrator's decision on Sept. 20, Mansfield City Council voted Tuesday to dole out $600,000 in ...
University of California

Statement on AFSCME Notice to Strike

We fundamentally disagree with AFSCME’s claims of bad faith bargaining and characterization of unacceptable bargaining proposals. From January to May, University of California and AFSCME bargaining ...

Union for Maryland correctional officers says there is a staffing crisis in state prisons

A union representing 6,000 correctional officers in Maryland says there is a staffing crisis in Maryland state prisons. The ...
Chicago Tribune

AFSCME ratifies 4-year contract with state that includes 18% pay raise and extended parental leave

Illinois’ largest union of state employees announced Tuesday it has ratified a new contract with Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration that includes an 18% pay hike over four years and ...
Minnesota Daily

AFSCME begins bargaining with Friday morning rally

The University of Minnesota’s local American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, union held a rally Friday morning in support of their bargaining team, who were preparing ...
Chicago Tribune

Lake County Health Department unionizing; 600 to join AFSCME

Lake County Health Department employees are moving forward with unionization efforts with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, which will bring about 600 county ...

The Art Institute of Chicago faces backlash for decision to outsource custodial staff

Union workers at the Art Institute of Chicago are demanding the museum reverse its decision to outsource the entire custodial ...
University of California

UC offers AFSCME new wage and health care cost proposals

The University of California today offered an updated wage package and a new health care cost proposal to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). If accepted by the ...
Publishers Weekly

AFSCME, Cultural Organizations Ask Court to Reinforce IMLS Protection

On September 3, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees and a coalition of library, museum, and cultural organizations filed an amicus brief in Rhode Island v. Trump, stating ...