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PennDOT employee, AFSCME member loses life on the job

Just as the vital services that Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) workers provide Pennsylvanians everyday often go unnoticed and under-appreciated, the same goes for the risk those workers face doing...

UPDATE: Tentative agreement and changes to health benefits

There has been a massive online response to the news that AFSCME Council 13 reached a tentative agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the agreement was approved by Council...

AFSCME Council 13 reaches tentative 3-year agreement with Commonwealth

Harrisburg, PA (August 3, 2016) – Following many negotiation sessions in the past months, Council 13’s State Policy Committee unanimously approved a three-year tentative agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania....

Organizing Victory!

The professional counselors at the Lancaster County Prison voted by a count of 10-0 on both to join AFSCME, and to be included in the non-professional bargaining unit with the...

District Councils 89 and 90 to host Unity Day

Please join your AFSCME sisters and brothers at the AFSCME Conference Center (150 S. 43rd St., Harrisburg, PA 17111) 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, August 13 for Unity Day! This...

Council 13 members filmed for AFSCME International project

AFSCME members perform a lot of different jobs in Pennsylvania and all throughout America. Some of the jobs are better-known than others. For example, there are clerical workers, PennDOT crews...

Commonwealth Negotiations Update

Negotiators for both AFSCME and the Commonwealth met in August 2015, and then on April 28th, May 17th and June 6, 7, 14, 15, and 20th. Council 13 negotiators and...

Council 13 Next Wave Conference Agenda

AFSCME Council 13’s Next Wave Conference is almost here! June 17-19th, the future of the labor movement rolls into Reading, Pennsylvania! Click here for the full conference agenda!...

CBS 21 Town Hall on minimum wage

CBS 21 News presents “Your Voice, Your Future Town Hall” on the subject of the Minimum Wage. Does it lift workers out of poverty or kill jobs? Moderated by award-winning...

Correctional Officer serves his community and his union

Derrick Sampson, correctional officer and President of AFSCME Local 543, Lehigh County Jail, was recently nominated as a Trustee on Council 13’s Executive Board. “It was definitely an honor that...