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AFSCME PEOPLE

Welcome to AFSCME Montana Council 9 and its 1700 members serving Montana and 1.7 million members accross the United States, making AFSCME the largest Labor Union in the States. We are State, County, City employees, Law Enforcement, Corrections, Public Defender Attorneys-Investigators-Staff, School Support Staff, and Health Care Workers.

LIVINGSTON HealthCare EMPLOYEES

Follow the links below for all the facts and information about your ORGANIZING campaign:

NEXT PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING IS AT THE YELLOWSTONE INN ON Wednesday January 20th AT 7PM

*Representatives from AFSCME will be available during an OPEN HOUSE for questions/information from 11am-7pm at the Yellowstone Inn on January 20th!*

*CLICK HERE to learn your RIGHTS!

Directly from the NLRB!

* The FACTS about the AUTHORIZATION CARDS! Learn the truth directly from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) website and publications

* Correspondence between Livingston HealthCare and AFSCME to date.  Click here to read all letters written and received from AFSMCE, LHC, and the Denver attorney hired by LHC.

* FAQ’s, Question and Answers

* What a UNION and a Union Contract can do for you!

* What’s NEGOTIABLE in a Union Contract?

* EMPLOYEE RIGHTS to form and join a union!

* The NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (NLRB)

Questions??

Click here for a link to a confidential email for questions, information request, or for a card

Unionized Workplaces Make a Difference

July 17th, 2009

There is a “union difference” in family-friendly workplace policies, such as family and medical leave, paid sick leave for employees and their children, health care and flexible work arrangements.

According to a recently-published report by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and the Labor Project for Working Families, unionized workers receive more generous family-friendly benefits than their non-unionized counterparts. These benefits include: increased compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act, access to paid leave and flexible paid sick days.

“This study bolsters the case for the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA),” says AFSCME International Pres. Gerald H. McEntee.

• “Without the freedom to form and join unions, employees won’t be able to bargain for better health care, pensions, wages and working conditions. In these times of economic need, union membership can pave the way toward the American dream for more working families.”

• To download “Family-Friendly Workplaces: Do Unions Make a Difference?” go to http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu or http://www,working-families.org

AFSCME Family Scholarship

Now Accepting Applications

Looking for financial support for college? Each year the AFSCME Family Scholarship Program provides at least 10 $2,000 scholarships to high school seniors that will be renewed for $2,000 each year for a maximum of four years, provided the student remains enrolled in a full-time course of study. The scholarship may be used for any field of study.

Download the brochure and application now. [204k PDF]

Are You Eligible?

To be eligible, you must:

• Be a graduating high school senior in 2010
• Be a daughter, son or financially dependent grandchild of an active or retired AFSCME member.
• Be an applicant to an accredited college or university and subsequently accepted as a full-time student in a four year degree program.

• How to Apply

To apply, you must meet all eligibility requirements as identified above. Make sure your complete application,  with all support documentation (essay, transcripts, letters of recommendations, SAT or ACT scores, proof of AFSCME membership, etc.), is mailed together in one envelope, POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31, 2009, to:

• AFSCME Family Scholarship Program
  Attention: AFSCME Advantage
  1625 L Street, N.W.
  Washington, DC 20036

• If you have any questions, please call us at (202) 429-5066.

Montana Council 9 AFL-CIO

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