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Local 1303 Scholarships Available for 2019

AFSCME Local 1303, representing municipal employees throught Connecticut, will be award $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors planning to attend college in the fall of 2019. 

Eligible applicants must:

Local 1303 Scholarships Available for 2019

Protecting Our Pensions and Strengthening Our Retirement Security

A pension is more than a promise to current and future retired workers. It’s a great way to attract and retain workers to public service. Just ask State Parole Officer James Long of AFSCME Local 1565 (NP-4 Department of Correction Bargaining Unit).

Protecting Our Pensions and Strengthening Our Retirement Security

AFSCME Volunteer Member Organizers Rise Up

LAS VEGAS — More than 160 AFSCME members gathered in Las Vegas last week to lift up the voice of public service workers and move our union forward.  

AFSCME Volunteer Member Organizers Rise Up

Sail Away, Yacht Commission, Sail Away

Council 4 and other labor organizations are making it clear it’s time for the Commission on Fiscal Stability Economic Growth to move on after its privately-funded attacks on working people and collective bargaining failed to gain legislative session in 2018.

Sail Away, Yacht Commission, Sail Away

Federal Court Rejection of Corporate-Backed Lawsuit Is A Win for Working People

A federal court has ruled in favor of working families and against wealthy special interests in Danielson v. AFSCME Council 28, a case out of Washington state.  

Federal Court Rejection of Corporate-Backed Lawsuit Is A Win for Working People