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Meet the New Officers of PEOPLE Statewide Steering Committee

The Council 4 PEOPLE Statewide Steering Committee has new leadership.

On June 17, members of the PEOPLE Committee gathered to nominate and elect five officers. Steve Wierbicki and Brian Cutler, members of Local 269 (State Dept. of Labor), were elected as the new Chair and Vice Chair.

Meet the New Officers of PEOPLE Statewide Steering Committee

Leukemia Survivor Inspires Union-Themed Kids Library at Council 4

Behind our union’s newly christened Cameron Wilson Children’s Library – a place for members’ children to sit and read a labor story or play games while their parents attend to union business at Council 4 – is a courageous child and his equally determined parents.

Leukemia Survivor Inspires Union-Themed Kids Library at Council 4

Local 749 Stewards Training Builds Strength, Solidarity

Stewards are the backbone and key to strong unions. Every day, they are the union people members most often see when they are at work.

Local 749 Stewards Training Builds Strength, Solidarity

A Year After Organizing, Unionized Ledyard Paraprofessionals Get First Contract

A year after unionizing, Ledyard Public School paraprofessionals have secured their first collective bargaining agreement.

A Year After Organizing, Unionized Ledyard Paraprofessionals Get First Contract

First-Ever Council 4 Scholarship Winners Embody Our AFSCME Union Values

The future just got a little brighter – and a little more affordable – for recent high school graduates Zachary Jahn and Bryanna Vanderburgh, winners of the first-ever Council 4 Education Scholarships.

First-Ever Council 4 Scholarship Winners Embody Our AFSCME Union Values