Florida Training Inspires New Activists
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 wh...
AFSCME in the news: Teachers, employees protest Polk School Board impasse with unions
The Ledger: http://bit.ly/2kiLD9xWFLA: http://wfla.com/2017/01/24/teachers-protesting-wage-dispute-impasse-with-polk-county-school-district/ABC: http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-polk/bartow/polk-county-teachers-protesting-after-district-denies-pay-raise
Florida’s coming war on collective bargaining for state employees
The following story appeared on the Florida Bulldog site and can be found clicking here. Florida’s coming war on collective bargaining for state employeesWhen Miami state Rep. Carlos Trujillo was interviewed on Spanish language radio station Actualidad 1020 he boldly pr...
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...
“This is not a me thing, this is an us thing.”
Jacqueline Milton-Herring’s day starts well before the sun rises. For most of 20 years, this AFSCME Local 1184 member has been a dedicated employee of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools. She has been a bus aide and a bus driver. This means her day, like that of her co...
‘Nothing Is Going to Change Until You Join’
When Darryl Lamar started working for the City of Jacksonville as a code compliance officer a year and a half ago, one of the things he missed about his previous jobs with Bell South and AT&T was his strong union voice through the Communications Workers of America (...
Big Win: More Time with Family
Just a few minutes’ drive from the banks of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee, Indiantown was founded as a trading post by members of the Seminole tribe living in the surrounding Everglades following the Third Seminole War.While the railroad and horse racing changed the communi...
Having a Union Means Never Being Alone
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 feelin...
Unified Locals AFSCME Strong with New Contract
For the hardworking members of AFSCME Locals 1328 and 1781, it was not a question of how they were going to vote on their new contract but when they could do so. The two north Florida locals, which represent 2,400 clerks, LPNs, maintenance, PCAs and other professional a...
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.
Florida’s workers and services hurt by corporate tax dodging
AFSCME Florida Op-Ed - Florida’s workers and services hurt by corporate tax dodgingFlorida’s workers and services hurt by corporate tax dodging
AFSCME Members Across Florida Cheer Hillary Clinton Endorsement
Earlier today, the 1.6-million-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, endorsed Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton for President of the United States. AFSCME’s 35-person International Executive Board voted overwhelmingly toda...
AFSCME Expresses Doubt on Miami-Dade Private-Public Partnership Plans
Gimenez pushes privatization of county’s transit futureBy Douglas HanksSaying “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...
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AFSCME Florida Digital Newsletter / Fall 2017
Welcome from AFSCME Florida Executive Director Andy Madtes Our state, and our union, was put to the test over these past few months. Between prepping for the storm, dealing with evacuations and, now, the rebuilding process, there is not a single part of the state that w...
AFSCME Florida Response to Florida State Employees’ Charitable Campaign Investigation
The full story can be read online here.Outraged that most of the money collected through Florida's state-employee charity drive ended up in the pockets of the company overseeing it, state Sen. Bill Montford said he's working on a bill that would fix the problem.