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AFSCME President Lee Saunders praised the White House’s announcement Thursday that the Biden administration will forgive student loans for an additional 78,000 borrowers — including many AFSCME mem

On the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., AFSCME releases the “I AM Story” podcast, which describes the working conditions faced by AFSCME sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968 – the year of their historic strike – and connects that seminal event to today’s struggle for economic and racial justice. The podcast also spotlights the ties between the labor and civil rights movements.

AFSCME wholeheartedly supports the newly reintroduced Richard Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act), which would make it easier for workers in the private sector to form strong unions. 

Understaffing of state and local government jobs has hit crisis levels.

Local 1761 is updating its constitution! 

We have not had an update since 1984. 

We will be requesting a vote on the new version. 

Please see the items in pdf form below. 

Questions? Just ask!  Email us at [email protected]

Local 1761's next general membership meeting will be March 8, 2023 at 6:00pm via Zoom. 

We will have a guest speaker, Sam Gaylord Esq. He will be discussing worker's compensation rules and Rutgers' role.

We will send out an e-mail with the Zoom link, the week of.  Be on the lookout.

In Solidarity,

Your Local 1761

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