How One AFSCME Member is Helping Florida Dry Out and Rebuild
Most times, you can find longtime AFSCME member Bert Walthour serving the City of Miami Beach as a heavy equipment operator. He and his coworkers at Local 1554 (AFSCME Florida), where he serves as vice president, make one of the world’s most iconic cities function every...
Hurricane Irma Recovery Info from Cigna and UnionPlus
As AFSCME members continue to help our communities rebuild, AFSCME Florida wants to make sure you have as much recovery information as possible. To find the previous information we shared, click here.
Unions Part of the Solution for Closing the Wage Gap
The below ran in the Miami Herald on September 3, 2017Nadine Rattray started her new job at a Miami rehab facility with confidence. She had worked in a hospital for five years previously, had become licensed as a practical nurse, and was able to negotiate her salary up...
Clerk of Courts Members Rally Community to Save Services and Jobs
One Friday, 70 Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts employees receive layoff notices before their workday is over. The very next Friday, those same employees receive notices that the layoffs have been cancelled, their jobs are saved and the services they provide are not be...
Important Hurricane Irma Information
We still don’t know where exactly Irma is going to land, but that’s exactly why you should be preparing now. The 5 a.m. update from the National Weather Service spelled out what we all should know by now - the threat of impacts to Florida continue to increase.