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Union Members Seeking Office Remind Us To Vote Our Union Values on Election Day, Nov. 2

Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 is election day throughout Connecticut's cities and towns. It's a day that recalls the old saying that all politics is local.  

Union Members Seeking Office Remind Us To Vote Our Union Values on Election Day, Nov. 2

Council 4 Announces Fall Training Schedule

Starting in September, Council 4 is hosting a full range of Fall trainings that will provide the skills and tools to local leaders for building stronger unions.

Here is an overview of workshop topics offered this Fall:

Council 4 Announces Fall Training Schedule

Leukemia Survivor Inspires Union-Themed Kids Library at Council 4

Behind our union’s newly christened Cameron Wilson Children’s Library – a place for members’ children to sit and read a labor story or play games while their parents attend to union business at Council 4 – is a courageous child and his equally determined parents.

Leukemia Survivor Inspires Union-Themed Kids Library at Council 4

First-Ever Council 4 Scholarship Winners Embody Our AFSCME Union Values

The future just got a little brighter – and a little more affordable – for recent high school graduates Zachary Jahn and Bryanna Vanderburgh, winners of the first-ever Council 4 Education Scholarships.

First-Ever Council 4 Scholarship Winners Embody Our AFSCME Union Values

Labor's Push Leads To COVID-19 Assistance Fund for Essential Workers

Organized labor’s determination to help essential workers who were made sick on the job by COVID-19 has led to the creation of the Connecticut Essential Workers COVID-19 Assistance Fund.

Labor's Push Leads To COVID-19 Assistance Fund for Essential Workers