Don’t skip your opportunity to “Join this lawsuit” if you were an essential employee required to work during the shutdown with delayed pay.
Notice_of_Lawsuit_Against_United_States [PDF attachment] , or click on the link www.shutdownlawsuit.com
Open the website and click on “join the case” Enter all contact your information to be included.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is in the process of creating new rules that may determine how open the Internet will be, who will profit most from it and whether start-ups will face new barriers that will make it harder for ideas to flourish.
Dear Chicago Federation of Labor Affiliates and Delegates,
Join the Illinois Labor History Society, the Chicago Federation of Labor and Jobs with Justice for May Day 2014 to celebrate International Workers’ Day and march for workers’ rights.
Thursday, May 1
Haymarket Monument
Corner of Randolph & Des Plaines in Chicago
Letter sent to the House concerning field offices:
Dear Representative:
On December 5th, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that its network of 1250 field offices will no longer provide Social Security Number (SSN) printouts or benefit verification forms to the public. The change, which was scheduled to begin April 1, was delayed by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees because of serious concerns about the harsh impact of this plan on low-income and unemployed Americans, as well as those without computers, printers or computer expertise. It is now scheduled to begin on August 1. (more…)
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
AFGE Local 1395 would like to remind its members during this open period that AFGE has a Delta Dental Plan of IL.
A special note about our plan is that children are eligible thru age 26... with no student requirements.
Delta Dental Prices PBA Bankdraft Delta Dental Enrollment Form
Edgar Mullins, of Richton Park, and Justin Jones, of Chicago Heights, became victims of the federal government shutdown on Thursday.
They lined up early in the morning in front of the Social Security Administration office in Chicago Heights.
The office was open for business but wasn’t offering new or replacement Social Security cards, the reason Mullins and Jones were there.
“I lost my Social Security card years ago when my wallet was stolen and need one to start truck driving school on Monday,” Mullins, 31, told me as we stood in front of the SSA building on Halsted Street near 197th Street.
“They told me inside that until the government returns to normal, I’m out of luck.”
Proud Union Home Lawn Signs are available in the union office. Limited Supply.
House bills would inflict further harm on already besieged workforce
The American Federation of Government Employees is urging House members to reject three bills targeting federal employees that are expected to be voted on this week.
In a letter to representatives, AFGE Legislative and Political Director Beth Moten outlined AFGE’s opposition to the following bills: the Common Sense in Compensation Act (HR 1541), the Government Employee Accountability Act (HR 2579) and the Citizen Empowerment Act (HR 2711).
