American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees

The union, through its staff representative employees, members and specialists resolves grievances on behalf of its members, many of which were referred to attorneys or other specialists for assistance in arbitration. The objective of pursuing these grievances include protecting workers jobs, improving the working condition of members and to ensure the contract terms are enforced. In addition, the union, through employees and member volunteers participated in organizing campaigns. Some of the campaigns resulted in new contracts, while others continue as ongoing campaigns. The objective of organizing campaigns are to increase member density to improve bargaining strength and expanding union membership into employers and organizations to improve working condition of people not yet covered by a union contract.

The union, through employees and member volunteers participated in educational campaigns directed towards its members in order to disseminate information pertinent to working families in connection with government legislation.