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May 27, 2025

Discount Amusement Park Tickets Available Now!

Discount amusement park tickets for members and retirees of AFSCME Council 13 are available now! To order tickets, call the Member Resource Center at 1-800-5-AFSCME. Ticket pricing can be found below and more...
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May 23, 2025

Rally For Working People/Advocacy Day on June 10!

Join your union family on Tuesday, June 10, for a Rally For Working People and Advocacy Day at the State Capitol, hosted by the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO! AFSCME Council 13 members: Register and...
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May 19, 2025

PEBTF: Complete Spousal Attestation by July 31!

For Commonwealth employees hired on or after August 1, 2003: Take action to confirm your spouse is still eligible for PEBTF benefits!  You must confirm that your spouse is still eligible for...
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May 13, 2025

Council 13 members send message to Congress through AFSCME GO Tele-Town Halls

More than 1,400 members of Council 13 from across the commonwealth joined in-person, online, and over the phone, for an AFSCME GO tele-town hall on Monday, May 12, sounding the alarm on...
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May 6, 2025

RSVP TODAY: Council 13 Get Organized Tele-Town Hall

On Monday, May 12, at 6:00 PM, Council 13 will hold an AFSCME Get Organized (GO) Tele-Town Hall, with options to attend in person, via Zoom, or over the phone.  Register to...
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May 6, 2025

Corrections Week: AFSCME Local 2736 President Joe Aloe

It’s National Correctional Officers Week. Listen to Sgt. Joe Aloe, President of AFSCME Local 2736 at Lackawanna County Prison, speak about his experiences in this dangerous yet rewarding line of work and...
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May 5, 2025

Pittsburgh school workers unanimously reject employer contract offer

The workers of AFSCME Local 297 in Pittsburgh Public Schools UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED the “last, best, and final” contract offer from their employer. 159 union members voted “NO” and signed a petition requesting...
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May 2, 2025

Northampton County members meet with local candidates

Members of AFSCME Locals 1265, 1435, and 2549 – the workers who make Northampton County happen – recently took the opportunity to hear from their candidates for County Executive, Amy Cozze and...
Employer-Sponsored Workplace Safety Study No Excuse for Continued Lack of OSHA Plan for PA Public Sector Workers

April 28, 2025

Employer-Sponsored Workplace Safety Study No Excuse for Continued Lack of OSHA Plan for PA Public Sector Workers

(April 28, 2025) A recent study on Pennsylvania’s workplace safety requirements completed by the Office of Administration (OA) found that six select Commonwealth agencies “had relatively lower injury rates compared to employees...
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April 17, 2025

AFSCME members speak out against proposed DOC closures

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections held public hearings on the proposed closures of Quehanna Boot Camp and SCI Rockview on April 10 and 15, respectively. Both hearings were packed with hundreds of...