AFGE LOCAL 1395 | To Do For All That Which No One Can Do For Oneself

TPP Rally

January 31st, 2014 | Posted by admin in Events | Rally - (0 Comments)

Brothers and Sisters-

After 20 years, NAFTA is one of the biggest job and environment killers the US has ever seen. And the same big corporations are at it again! The Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement (TPP) is set to become the largest so-called free trade agreement in the world, yet it has been negotiated behind closed doors by corporate lobbyists and government bureaucrats. That’s not democracy! Amazingly, there are a few Democratic Members of Congress who haven’t committed to opposing Fast Track, including Mike Quigley. Join us as we demand to have a voice in trade policy and the Congressman stand up for his constituents!

Rally Against the TPP!

Saturday February 1st

11:30 AM Meet up at Jonquil Park @ Wrightwood and Sheffield near the DePaul Campus

March to Congressman Mike Quigley’s Office

3223 N Sheffield Avenue

12:00 PM Rally at Quigley’s Office
Join us to tell Congressman Quigley to do what is right! Tweet him @RepMikeQuigley: Say No to the TPP!

Solidarity,

Susan Hurley, Executive Director of Chicago Jobs with Justice

Improving Government Through Labor-Management Collaboration and Employee Ingenuity Report

January 30th, 2014 | Posted by admin in News - (0 Comments)

Public employees and their unions are frequent scapegoats when elected officials seek to score political points or contract out government services. But despite what you may have read, there are many examples of productive labor-management relations in the public sector. A new report released by the Jobs With Justice Education Fund, Improving Government Through Labor-Management Collaboration and Employee Ingenuity, profiles how public employees and their unions are working collaboratively with management to improve the way government runs.

collaboration, jobs with justice, report

Weather Emergency for Local 1395 Members

January 26th, 2014 | Posted by admin in News - (0 Comments)

AFGE Local 1395 is asking its members especially those located in 600 W Madison to call the HWSSC building @ 312-575-4294. For 1/27/2014 employees will be on a fixed schedule with a 2 hour delayed opening. Employees start time would be 10 am.

If you do brave the weather please dress appropriately as the temperature is predicate -8 below or greater with windchill making the temperature -30 to -45.

2014 William A. Lee Memorial Scholarship

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

The Chicago Federation of Labor is pleased to announce that applications for the 2014 William A. Lee Memorial Scholarship are now available online at www.chicagolabor.org/scholarship. Five academic-based scholarships and five random-drawing scholarships in the amount of $2,000 each will be awarded to students graduating from an area high school this year.

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Weather Emergency for Local 1395 Members

January 5th, 2014 | Posted by admin in News | Web - (0 Comments)

UPDATE: 600 W Madison has a delayed open on 1/4/7014 – The building will open at 11 am. Please call # below for more information.

UPDATE: 600 W Madison is closed on 1/6/2014 – Please be safe and keep warm!

AFGE Local 1395 is asking its members especially those located in 600 W Madison to call the HWSSC building @ 312-575-4294. For 1/6/2013 employees will be on a fixed schedule with a delayed opening. So the fixed tour would be 8-4:30.

If you do brave the weather please dress appropriately as the temperature is predicate -8 below or greater.