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April 28, 2016

Council 13 enters into negotiations with Commonwealth

On Thursday, April 28, the Council 13 negotiating team, 110 Rank-and-File AFSCME members and 30 1st Level Supervisors, sat down across from Commonwealth negotiators to continue the process of hammering out a new contract...

April 28, 2016

Remembering those we lost and fighting for the living on Workers Memorial Day

“Safety first” is the motto for a lot of things in life, and going to work should be no different. Unfortunately, more than 4,800 people died on the job in 2014, while...

April 27, 2016

All Council 13-endorsed candidates take home wins in PA Primary

Congratulations to all of AFSCME Council 13’s endorsed candidates for taking home big wins in Pennsylvania’s Primary Election on April 26! AFSCME’s endorsed candidate for president, Hillary Clinton, won 55 percent of...

April 25, 2016

PA Primary Election Day TODAY

Today, Tuesday, April 26, is Pennsylvania’s Primary Election Day! This is a crucial election, and it is more important than ever that AFSCME members get out to vote. Pennsylvania’s polls are open...

April 25, 2016

44th Annual AFSCME Council 13 Convention

403 delegates attended the 44th Annual AFSCME Council 13 Convention on April 22-24, 2016, at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center. General Session speakers included State Senator Rob Teplitz, Executive Director of...

April 25, 2016

Council 13 officers and trustees sworn in

An election was held over the past weekend during the AFSCME Council 13 Convention to elect officers and trustees of Council 13’s Executive Board. Re-elected and newly-elected officers and trustees were sworn...

April 8, 2016

Save The Date: 2016 Next Wave Conference

Save the date! AFSCME Council 13’s Next Wave Conference comes to Crowne Plaza Reading this June! From June 17 to June 19, the Next Wave Conference will empower young union members to...

April 8, 2016

Organizing Victory!

The Aging and Care Managers I’s and II’s and Case Workers I’s and II’s of the Professional Human Services Unit, employed in the departments of the Area Agency on Aging and Children...

March 29, 2016

United States Supreme Court Decision on Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association

Since the Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has decided to block President Obama’s Constitutional responsibility to nominate the next United States Supreme Court Justice, the remaining eight justices have released a...

March 24, 2016

Governor Wolf to allow budget bill to pass without his signature

Governor Tom Wolf announced on Wednesday that he will not sign House Bill 1801, which will allow the budget bill to become law, averting a full-blown fiscal crisis for school, seniors, counties...