Sign up for a site accountCongradulations to all SUMMUP members (also belonging to AFSCME Council 93) who gave your time doing labor walks, phone banking, sign holding,writing letters,attending rallies, etc. during these campaigns. You were a big help in bringing sucess to the hisctoric election of Barack Obama and in defeating ballot question #1 to rollback the income tax in Massachusetts.
SUMMUP members have always been there when important issues for AFSCME Unit 2 members have been one the line and you have continued to carry on the fight for the best interests of our members.
This Union Plus discount is sure to warm union members' hearts. Through our program provider, HEAT USA, the Union Plus Home Heating Oil Discount means you'll receive a free service contract from a highly-rated local full-service company. Plus you'll save an average of $200-$300 annually — or 15-25 cents per gallon on fuel oil purchases.
Who benefits?
Union members who heat their homes with oil and live in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia.
The home heating oil discount includes:
How will the financial industry crisis affect your personal finances and investments? Should you be concerned about your 401(k), 503b or 529? Is your pension fund in jeopardy? Join a special online briefing (next Wednesday or Thursday) for AFSCME members by the head of our investor education program. Click here for dates, details and how to register.
On Thursday, June 12, 2008 Graduation was held for the students who attended the third year of the program.
AFSCME 1153 and Westboro State Hospital have a five year grant through the Department of Education to allow the workforce to attend classes that include both verbal and written communication skills, spelling and grammar, and some computer skills.
Some of the students have attended from the beginning, moving through different classes each year and some were new to the program this year. The flexibility within the classes is wonderful as it allows for that to occur. Sometimes students only need one of the classes and that works fine also.
This year there were 18 members who received certificates through the program. One student received an award for her writing from the SABES "Do The Write Thing" program.We saw 2 promotions occur from the group as folks gained skills and confidence in themselves, and another will take her GED test soon.
The annual Mass AFL/CIO conference was held May 21,22, and 21st at the Seacrest Resort in N. Falmouth, Ma.
The first day of the conference saw discussions on the economy,health care, and the income tax, as well as a stanout at the rotary for health care.
On the second day attendees heard speakers and panels on the Massachusetts Written Majority Authorization Law and the National AFL/CIO Labor 2008 Political Plan. There was a working lunch with the keynote being Secretary Suzanne Bump, Ex. Office of Labor and Workforce Development. The day ended with a polititical and legislative update and a video of the Ma AFL/CIO Scholarship Program.
The last day of the conference consited of a Srategic Plan Update from president, Bob Haynes,a panel on Legislative issues by legislative folks from several unions including AFSCME's own Jim Durkin, and a Labor and Workforce Development update from George Noel, Dir. of Labor
