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Rocky Hill Town Employees “in stronger position than ever” after winning 4-year contract

Members of AFSCME Local 1303-112 (Rocky Hill Town Employees) are celebrating a new contract along with multiple lessons they learned about the process of negotiations.

Join us for the 2025 Council 4 Biennial Conference!

Join us for our 2025 Biennial Conference from April 25-27, 2025, at the Mystic Marriott in Groton.

2025 Legislative Session has kicked off, here's Council 4's legislative priorities

The Connecticut General Assembly convened on January 8 for the start of the legislative session that concludes June 4.

Have you received The Freedom Foundation’s new anti-unionization campaign targeting members of the AFSCME Council 4’s members?

Have you received The Freedom Foundation’s new anti-unionization campaign targeting members of the AFSCME Council 4’s members? 

The Freedom Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on the dismantling of public sector unions in the United States, has its sights set on your AFSCME Council 4, as well as our fellow unions in The State of Connecticut. 

Flex your Union Skills This Year with Council 4 Member Training!

Council 4's January - July 2025 training schedule has arrived! Trainings are FREE to members in good standing and cover the following topics:

SEBAC Update: Robust benefits are key to solving state recruitment & retention challenges

Agencies across our state continue to face chronic understaffing, exacerbated by ongoing recruitment and retention challenges. From healthcare and higher education to transportation and public safety, vital services that residents rely on are stretched thin, with workers burdened with the impacts of double and triple workloads. The result is a crisis that threatens Connecticut’s quality of life.

Meet Council 4 President Ron Nelson

Ron Nelson, President of AFSCME Local 749 (State Judicial), was elected as President of Council 4 in April 2024, and was recently reelected as Local 749 President. Nelson has served as a Juvenile Detention Officer with the State of Connecticut’s Division of Criminal Justice since 2007 – but he had been a union member long before his career in public service, as a carpenter for 12 years in Local 210 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.

Solidarity and Service: Council 4 honors two union member veterans

This Veterans Day, Council 4 is honoring two members who served in the United States Armed Forces. Whether it is service in the Marine Corps, Army, Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard, Council 4 thanks all veterans for the sacrifices they have made to protect our freedoms. 

Robert Cauley

Roberta Price Retires After More Than 4 Decades in CT Labor Movement

Roberta Price officially retired this summer after 36 years as a state employee—including 11 years as President of AFSCME Local 610 (NP-3/State Administrative Clerical)—and an additional 11 years as a Council 4 staffer.

In recognition of her dedicated career, the Connecticut General Assembly honored Price with an official citation for her “faithful service” in “fighting for safe working conditions and a decent way of life for Connecticut citizens.”

Take Action to Protect Council 4 Members from Layoffs

Forty-nine of our sisters and brothers from AFSCME Local 269 (CT Dept. of Labor) have been notified to expect layoffs at the end of the year. As appeals referees and claims interviewers, these durational and intermittent DOL employees are necessary for the functioning of the DOL and the Unemployment Division. They performed heroically during the COVID crisis to process thousands of unemployment claims for families in need.

Local 2663 social worker is ‘the epitome of perseverance’

Brittney Kilfeather likes a good challenge.

As a social worker for the state of Connecticut, it almost couldn’t be otherwise. Tasked with finding permanent homes for some of her community’s most vulnerable children, her job is challenging on every level: emotionally, intellectually and logistically.

But the difficult aspects of her job bring out the determination and passion that make her successful at what she does.