We need as many calls as possible. Please take a few minutes to make this important phone call to your Representative.
Deliver this simple message: “I’m calling to urge the Representative to Stop the Shutdown and Stop the Sequester.“
NOTE: Call from your personal cell phone or your personal home phone, not on duty time.
AFGE Local 1395 held Training for its new Stewards September 16-19, 2013 at the Chicago Harold Washington Social Security Building:
New Stewards ODAR: Latonya Berry, Livonia, MI; Tam Huynh, Valparaiso, IN; Anthony Otto, Oak Park, MI; Donald Terry, Orland Park, IL; Rosalyn Yates, Oak Brook, IL; Carrie hill, Lansing, MI; Ron Farrington, Milwaukee, WI
New Stewards PSC: Angela Barnhart, Monica Harris, Abigail Jones, Linda Powe, Donna Safford, Sean Shideler, Jonathan Thedford, Bettina Walker, Shovan Waller, Susana Montelongo
New Stewards FO: Kimberly Ponder, Chicago TSC; Lisa Sweenet, Chicago TSC; Tara Hogan, Kankakee, IL; Martha Fahoome, E. St. Louis, IL* “Best New Recruiter”
On June 12, 2013 AFGE Local 1395 held its triennial elections and the results are as posted:
LOCAL 1395 ELECTION RESULTS
President (1) Agatha Joseph
Executive Vice-President (1) Richard Sorokas
Vice-President at Large (3) H. Justine James
Archester Neal
Eddie Smith
Vice-President for D.O. (3) Dennis Clamors
Mario Connie
Patricia Hayes
Vice-President for OQP (3) Patricia Dugas
John Hawes
Vice-President for PSC (3) Gregory A. Cole
Sean Shideler
Durrell Walton
Vice-President for ODAR (3) Karen Clelland
Betsy Compton
Betty White
Administrative Director for PSC (1) Cheryl Bellamy-Bonner
Administrative Director for DO (1) Charlotte Lewis
Administrative Director for OQP (1) Earl Tucker
Administrative Director for ODAR (1) Greg Senden
Treasurer (1) Deborah Flynn
Financial Secretary (1) Bettina Walker
Office Manager (1) JoAnne Coleman
Recording Secretary (1) Linda Powe
Correspondence Secretary (1) Patricia Washington
Sergeant at Arms (1) Janice Antonio
Executive Board Member for ODAR (2) Shirley Evans
Anthony Mayes
Executive Board Member for PSC (2) Catherine Mulligan
Shovan Waller
Executive Board Member of OQP (2) Alonzo Flynn
Melvin Edwards
Executive Board Member for DO (2) Kourtney M. Craigmiles
Randy Harris
Council Delegate for PSC (1) Cheryl Bellamy-Bonner
Council Delegate for DO (3) Patricia Hayes
Vanessa McCollum
Patricia Washington
Council Delegate for OQP (1) Earl Tucker
Council Delegate for ODAR (1) **
Delegates and Alternates to the National Convention & 7th District Caucus (7)
Patricia Hayes
Archester Neal
Gregory A. Cole
Melvin E. Edwrads
Alonzo Flynn
Eddie T. Smith
Dennis Clamors
** Automatic delegate by virtue of office
Proud Union Home Lawn Signs are available in the union office. Limited Supply.
House bills would inflict further harm on already besieged workforce
The American Federation of Government Employees is urging House members to reject three bills targeting federal employees that are expected to be voted on this week.
In a letter to representatives, AFGE Legislative and Political Director Beth Moten outlined AFGE’s opposition to the following bills: the Common Sense in Compensation Act (HR 1541), the Government Employee Accountability Act (HR 2579) and the Citizen Empowerment Act (HR 2711).
Member Cost:
$30.00 Park Admission (Limit 7 tickets)
Includes: FREE Meal (3:30 – 5:00)
($55.00 savings per person)
Bill would ensure blue-collar workers receive same local pay rates as white-collar counterparts
The American Federation of Government Employees congratulated Rep. Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania for introducing H.R. 2450, the Locality Pay Equity Act. AFGE also thanks and congratulates original cosponsors Tom Marino, Bob Brady, Chaka Fattah and Allison Schwartz, all of Pennsylvania.
The Locality Pay Equity Act would mean simple justice for the federal government’s blue-collar workforce. In numerous locations, the government treats hourly and salary workers who work in the same location as if they worked in different locations when it comes to calculating local pay rates. White-collar locality boundaries are drawn to encompass metropolitan labor markets, as defined by census data on commuting rates. Blue-collar locality boundaries are drawn according to the placement of military installations in the 1950s, long before federal white-collar workers were paid local differentials.
Set your DVR or tune in ABC7 Chicago this Sunday, June 30, 1:00 p.m. for a special half hour documentary that explores the critical ethical questions behind hydraulic fracking.
The fight is between corporate interests, who want to extract enormous amounts of formerly inaccessible oil and natural gas and point to economic benefits from the process, and their opponents, who warn of environmental dangers: contamination of ground water, depletion of fresh water, risks to air quality, and migration of hazardous chemicals to the surface.
Local 1395 Election Results from June 12, 2013:
President (1)
Agatha Joseph
Executive Vice-President (1)
Richard Sorokas
Vice-President at Large (3)
H. Justine James
Archester Neal
Eddie Smith
Congress rushed to fix the inconvenience caused by air traffic controller furloughs, but other agencies with less powerful constituencies are facing drastic service cuts, and federal worker furloughs amount to 20 percent pay cuts in some cases. (read more)
Faculty members who work on short-term contracts have launched citywide, cross-college organizing drives in Boston and Pittsburgh. With tenure-track positions fast evaporating, the contingent life now confronts the majority of higher education faculty. (read more)
