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VMO Appreciation Day | April 27, 2024

Volunteer Member Organizers do vital work for unions and we wanted to celebrate all of our Council 36 VMOs with a VMO Appreciation Day.

AFSCME Local 1895 secures new contract

After refusing to settle for less than they deserve, AFSCME Local 1895 members secure a fair contract with the City of Lawndale.

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.

Recall Election Training

Join us for our Recall Election training on August 5 at 6PM via Zoom. As you may already know, there will be a recall election for Governor Newsom soon.

Council 36 Selects Leticia Munguia as New Executive Director

We are excited to announce that Leticia Munguia has been named the new executive director of AFSCME District Council 36. 

Leticia Munguia grew up in southeast San Diego as part of a first-generation Mexican immigrant family. Leticia’s mother was a production line food worker, and her father was landscaper and proud member of the Laborers Local 89. Leticia credits her family’s quality of life and economic opportunities to the Labor movement and being part of a union household.

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