Today the hardworking men and women represented by AFSCME at New College of Florida voted 100% unanimously in favor of recertifying their union with a nearly 75% turnout.
Over the past few weeks, the hardworking blue-collar employees of the University of Central Florida represented by AFSCME Local 3345 voted by mail for the recertification of their union.
Over the past few weeks, the hardworking public service unit of Duval County Public School employees represented by AFSCME voted by mail for the recertification of their union.
When you are a new parent, having time to bond with your child and focus on being the best parent possible without worrying about your job is critical. That is why AFSCME has advocated for Paid Parental Leave provisions across the country for years.
Over the course of two general membership meetings in October, AFSCME Local 199 members debated, discussed and overwhelmingly voted in favor of on proposed changes to the Local 199 Constitution.
Below are the results of the elections for Local 199 officers for three-year terms. The future of our Local is bright if we continue this strong involvement from across the county and every department!
Thanks to all of us working together to grow our union, enforcing our contract and delivering the quality public services our community deserves, we have come to a tentative agreement with Miami-Dade County that will guaranteeing a 1% cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) in October 2016, 4% if tax revenue is high enough.
To get this increase we are holding an election to update the language in our contract on Tuesday, December 15 from 7am to 6pm with 5 voting locations around the county.
Elsa Lina Clark has only been an AFSCME member for a month, but she’s already AFSCME Strong.
Clark, an electronic document technician for the Miami-Dade County Regulatory and Economic Resources, joined the union after the union stepped in to help a friend and coworker who was being mistreated by a supervisor.
“The union functions well,” says Clark, who is a member of AFSCME Local 199, Council 979.
Saying “I don’t want to operate anything,” Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is touting the benefits of tapping private operators for new transit systems that could include a light-rail system he wants to traverse two bridges between Miami and Miami Beach.
What is the feeling you get when you show up to work one day and you are called into an unscheduled meeting in the conference room? You walk in and see management sitting across the table with expressions that indicate this meeting is not going to go well.
It is a feeling of fear for what’s about to come next, a feeling that you may have to be fighting back against something you don’t fully understand.
