Nearly 300 employees of Journey Mental Health Center in Madison voted overwhelmingly to join AFSCME Council 40. In results tallied on Tuesday, August 14, professional staff voted 103-40 to join AFSCME, while para-professionals voted 38-32 to join.

Journey is a private, non-profit organization. Its employees provide mental health services from nine sites in Dane County.

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New AFSCME members and City of Madison Library Pages celebrate their first Union meeting, two weeks after voting to join AFSCME. Many of the newly appointed bargaining team members are included in this photo.

Congratulations to the 125 library pages who voted October 26 to join AFSCME Council 40. Special credit for this victory goes to Organizer Thor Backus and several Local 60 volunteer member organizers: Martin Alvarado, Tom Campbell, DJ Dixon, Tim Birkley, and Lead Page Organizer, Benjamin Ratliffe. Welcome, Madison Public Library pages!

City of Juneau employees celebrate at their first Union meeting on February 25, 2010 after voting to join AFSCME Council 40. (Left to Right: Tim Hayden, Tim Gassner, Jane Fude, Cathy Firari, Don Zirbel, Mike Hoeffler (front), and Kelvin Schlagel)