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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.

Work That Matters: Celebrating the dignity and value of public service

Montana’s public employees are the folks who:

· Keep our communities and neighborhoods safe.

· Keep our drinking water clean.

· Conduct research that creates new businesses and jobs.

· Safeguard our health.

· Protect our most vulnerable citizens—children, seniors, and others.

· Plow and maintain our roads.

· Teach our children, young people, and adults.

Public employees live and work in communities all across Montana, providing services that keep Montana functioning.The Work That Matters campaign is about telling their stories and showing the important work they do for Montana’s people and economy

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In January 2010 Work That Matters coalition members announced a new phase of the campaign. Launched Thursday, January 21, 2010. About one hundred Montana public employees, state elected officials, and others gathered at a kick-off celebration in Helena that evening. AFSCME is one of three unions participating in the Work That Matters campaign. The other two unions include MEA-MFT and MPEA.  This latest phase of Work That Matters will continue throughout 2010. Watch for Work That Matters postcards, billboards, print ads, and more as the campaign unfolds.

Your Job Matters

Your job matters. Whether it’s clearing the roads of snow and ice, providing health care services, ensuring public safety, or simply working hard for our communities, the vital services that AFSCME members like you provide make our country happen.

And right now, these services — and our jobs — are on the chopping block as state and local governments face massive budget shortfalls. Unless Congress invests in states and communities, more than three million jobs will be lost by 2012 — including hundreds of thousands of public service jobs.

That’s why I hope you’ll add your name to our new Jobs Now petition: we need to fight for our jobs and fix the economy.

Economists on the left and right agree that investing in our jobs — the vital public services that AFSCME members provide — is one of the best ways to save and create jobs. Plus, every dollar invested in public services grows the economy by $1.41 — and that helps put all Americans back to work.

Please join thousands of other AFSCME members and add your name to our petition today: Urge Congress to support and fight for aid to state and local governments to save and create jobs.

The last thing we need right now is more layoffs. Investing in state and local governments is one of the most sure-fire ways to help our economy — and our country — recover from the worst recession in generations. As Congress and the President make jobs their number one priority over the coming months, it’s vital that the working families and public service employees who are on the front lines of this crisis make our voices heard. Please join us.

Thanks to all the members who have signed up as PEOPLE MVP members.  Click on the logo below to check on your status or claim rewards

Unionized Workplaces Make a Difference

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

Montana Council 9 AFL-CIO

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