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Steward Training 101 | April 13, 2024

On Saturday, April 13, AFSCME District Council 36 held an amazing new steward training with more than 50 members from over a dozen different locals unions.

Robust wage increases coming for Los Angeles City workers

Six AFSCME Local Unions representing more than ten thousand Los Angeles City employees have ratified new union contracts with robust wage increases.

LA City Union blitz | March 2024

From March 16-22, Council 36 had an amazing organizing blitz for our Los Angeles City Local Unions.

We're Looking for Artists

Calling all Union members who are artists! We are looking for an artist to create a mural for our building in Vernon depicting what the Union means to you. Please send some samples of your work and your vision for the mural to Daisha@afscme36.org
Help beautify our Union hall!

Passing of AFSCME Local 1117 Member Johnny Camarillo

It is with great sadness that we share that a member of AFSCME Local 1117 experienced a fatal traffic collision Thursday morning, July 8, 2021.  While traveling to begin his route, Transit Bus Operator Johnny Camarillo suffered a fatal accident and passed away. 

The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Has a Message for YOU!

County Employees Offered at Least 94% Less Than Grocery Workers; After Weeks Pondering Union’s Proposal to Honor the Juneteenth Holiday, County Still Has NO Position!

Cal/OSHA fines L.A. County Superior Court more than $25K for safety violations during COVID-19 pandemic

After COVID-19 outbreaks and the deaths of at least four people who worked in Los Angeles County courthouses, California‘s workplace safety agency plans to fine the local court system more than $25,000 for multiple violations.

In a notice Wednesday to L.A. County Superior Court, the state Division of Occupational Health and Safety, known as Cal/OSHA, identified at least three health and safety violations, two of which it deemed “serious.”

AFSCME Local 127 Goes to Bat for Member's Job

When former President Barack Obama established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, he gave more than 800,000 people, brought to the United States as children, a way to avoid deportation and apply for driver’s licenses, work permits, and social security numbers.

This may not seem like much to most American Citizens, but for DREAMers, such as AFSCME Local 127 member Joaquin Corella, this means finally getting a fair chance at obtaining a good job with the possibility of advancement.

Endorsement Meeting for State Senate, District 36

Join us for our next PLAC meeting on June 24 at 6PM! Council 36 members register at bit.ly/3zBIUP4 or email Daisha@afscme36.org

AFSCME Local 2229 Holds Picket Outside AUSD Office

On June 1, AFSCME Local 2229 with ABC Unified School District held a picket.

The purpose of the picket was to draw attention to the fact that the School Board refuses to recognize our members in the same way that they recognize teachers.

The District’s teachers received a $4,000 bonus, while initially our members were offered nothing.

Our members just want to be recognized for their hard work and receive their fair share. Throughout the pandemic, Local 2229 members took on extra tasks to help keep the students, teachers, and parents safe.

AFSCME Local 609 Ratifies Their First Contract

Congratulations to Local 609 members! In 2019, employees at Public Counsel voted overwhelmingly to join AFSCME District Council 36. Now, two years later, they have ratified their first contract.

The members of Local 609 began negotiating last year, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, that did not stop them from negotiating a strong first contract.