Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the U.S. Senate’s 61 to 38 vote this morning to end the filibuster on the Jobs Bill

Alert regarding AFSCME support for Virg Bernero for Governor.

Release explains Court of Appeals decision.

We have just received this bulletin from Michigan HRDI regarding financial help for Michigan homeowners.

Follow the link below for information from the United Community Housing Coalition in Detroit.  In addition, members facing foreclosure. . .

AFSCME will lead off the Detroit Labor Day Parade this year!

We need every member possible to join the marching contingent and show our strength as public sector trade unionists!

Please make plans now to join us in the parade on Monday, September 06, in Detroit.

Staging will begin at 7:30 AM on the west side of Woodward.
The AFSCME staging area will be at Woodward and Hancock.
Marchers will stage on the sidewalks and all vehicles whould stage on assigned side streets.

The parade will begin at 9:00 AM.

Unions will face north on Woodward and when directed by the Marshals, they will step in line to begin marching down Woodward (i.e., south) toward Hart Plaza.

The 2010 Labor Day Parade will end at Hart Plaza.

Council 25 challenges each Local Union to create a special march on Labor Day – September 6 - to march in the Detroit Labor Day Parade. We need volunteers to come join us to make a large A F S C M E in the parade. 

Delegates to the 39th International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, (AFSCME), today elected Lee Saunders to be the next Secretary-Treasurer of the union representing 1.6 million public service workers.

AFSCME activists rallied Wednesday on Boston Common, in solidarity with Council 93, to prevent the loss of critical public services and to pass the jobs bill now stalled in Congress.

Members and supporters of Local 1664 turned out in numbers for the Utica Community Schools Board of Education meeting on March 08, 2010.  The board was considering a proposal to privatize transportation services.

News Release issued on March 05, 2010.

The Family and Medical Leave Act underwent significant changes in 2009.
This workshop provides an overview of the Act and will update you on the changes that went into effect and keep you current on the clarifications in the law.

Laura Berman is a columnist for The Detroit News.

Her column for 02-28-2010 was particularly incisive on the subject of healthcare.

The Michigan Senate will begin hearings this week on Senator Bishop’s proposal to prohibit public employers from contributing more than 80-85% of health care premiums.
The proposal would:
• Amend the State Constitution to give the Legislature the right to regulate public employee health care cost allocation and prohibit collective bargaining that differs with laws adopted pursuant to this provision.
• Prohibit a public employer from paying more than 85% of a health care plan that contains a wellness program and health savings account if it is a high deductible plan;
• Prohibit a public employer from paying more than 80% of any other health care plan.

Council 25 now has a Facebook page!

Governor Granholm, in a speech to the Rotary Club, proposes changes to the public sector retirement systems. . .

News release issued on November 04, 2009.

How's your singing voice?  Do you play an instrument?  Michigan AFSCME Council 25 is forming a new AFSCME Choir!