Facts About Act 120 What is the problem? Pennsylvania faced an imminent “pension spike,” meaning employer (the state) contribution rates were headed to a 500% increase, which would have cost...
AFSCME Council 13 Executive Director issued the following statement to members on the results of the 2016 election: “First, I want to thank all of the AFSCME volunteers for their...
More than 500 Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) employees who work at Unemployment Compensation Service Centers will receive layoff notices and work their last day on December 19,...
AFSCME Council 13’s 2017 Women’s Conference will take place March 10-12, in Pocono Manor, Pa. The registration deadline is Friday, February 24. Click here for Conference Information Click here for...
1 day until Scott Wagner The Grinch will steal Christmas from 600 hardworking Pennsylvania Employees...
AFSCME Council 13 and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania signed a 3-year contract for state employees today. Council 13 Executive Director David Fillman and Pennsylvania Secretary of Administration Sharon Minnich, as...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf outlined his 2017-18 state budget proposal today in his annual budget address. The $32.3 billion budget proposal includes a plan to tackle Pennsylvania’s $3 billion deficit...
The York County Professional 1st level supervisors in the Human Services unit voted by a count of 13-9 for representation with AFSCME District Council 89. This brings a total of...
The 45th Annual AFSCME Council 13 Convention will be held at The Hershey Lodge & Convention Center, Hershey, PA, April 28 through April 30, 2017. The Convention Call was mailed...
Tenure is too often perceived as the Elysian Fields of the academic world, i.e., something which provides utmost leisure and emboldens the lazy to be lazy, but what naysayers fail...
