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East Lyme Students Deserve More, Not Less: Union Members Urge Board of Education to Reconsider Proposed Staff Cuts

East Lyme Students Deserve More, Not Less: Union Members Urge Board of Education to Reconsider Proposed Staff Cuts

Feb. 10, 2023

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East Lyme Students Deserve More, Not Less: Union Members Urge Board of Education to Reconsider Proposed Staff Cuts

Note: This press release was written jointly by AFSCME and CEA, the union that represents East Lyme teachers.

East Lyme Students Deserve More, Not Less: Union Members Urge Board of Education to Reconsider Proposed Staff Cuts

Council 4 AFSCME mourns the loss of Middletown police officer

Council 4 AFSCME mourns the loss of Middletown police officer

Dec. 05, 2022

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Council 4 AFSCME mourns the loss of Middletown police officer

On Sunday, Dec. 4, the Middletown Police Department announced that Officer Matt Silvestrini, who had fought a long battle with brain cancer, died Saturday.

Officer Silvestrini, a member of AFSCME Local 1361, leaves behind a wife and two children.

Council 4 AFSCME mourns the loss of Middletown police officer

Union applauds labor board decision in Bridgeport case

Union applauds labor board decision in Bridgeport case

Oct. 03, 2022

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Union applauds labor board decision in Bridgeport case

AFSCME Local 1522 and its parent union, Council 4, applauded a ruling this month by the state labor board that found the City of Bridgeport violated municipal labor laws by outsourcing bargaining unit work within the Board of Education to newly created non-union information technology (IT) positi

Union applauds labor board decision in Bridgeport case

Board of Ed Employees Join Statewide "Blackout for School Safety"

Board of Ed Employees Join Statewide "Blackout for School Safety"

Jan. 22, 2022

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Board of Ed Employees Join Statewide "Blackout for School Safety"

On Jan. 12, Bridgeport school paraprofessionals and AFSCME Local 1522 members Rayvon Cox and Ranese Cox of AFSCME Local 1522 came their respective schools wearing black hoodies emblazoned with white writing that read, #Blackout4SafeSchools.

Board of Ed Employees Join Statewide "Blackout for School Safety"

Educators and School Staff Urge Action to Assure "Safe, Healthy Return to the Classroom"

Educators and School Staff Urge Action to Assure "Safe, Healthy Return to the Classroom"

Dec. 31, 2021

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Educators and School Staff Urge Action to Assure "Safe, Healthy Return to the Classroom"

The Board of Education (BOE) Union Coalition, which includes Council 4, is calling on state and district officials to take specific additional steps ahead of students’ return from winter break.

Educators and School Staff Urge Action to Assure "Safe, Healthy Return to the Classroom"