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Public employees and their unions are frequent scapegoats when elected officials seek to score political points or contract out government services. But despite what you may have read, there are many examples of productive labor-management relations in the public sector. A new report released by the Jobs With Justice Education Fund, Improving Government Through Labor-Management Collaboration and Employee Ingenuity, profiles how public employees and their unions are working collaboratively with management to improve the way government runs.

Weather Emergency for Local 1395 Members

January 26th, 2014 | Posted by admin in News - (0 Comments)

newsAFGE Local 1395 is asking its members especially those located in 600 W Madison to call the HWSSC building @ 312-575-4294. For 1/27/2014 employees will be on a fixed schedule with a  2 hour delayed opening. Employees start time would be 10 am.

 

If you do brave the weather please dress appropriately as the temperature is predicate -8 below or greater with windchill making the temperature -30 to -45.

 

union_solidarityDear Brothers and Sisters:

The Chicago Federation of Labor is pleased to announce that applications for the 2014 William A. Lee Memorial Scholarship are now available online at www.chicagolabor.org/scholarship. Five academic-based scholarships and five random-drawing scholarships in the amount of $2,000 each will be awarded to students graduating from an area high school this year.

Weather Emergency for Local 1395 Members

January 5th, 2014 | Posted by admin in News | Web - (0 Comments)

UPDATE: 600 W Madison has a delayed open on 1/4/7014 - The building will open at 11 am. Please call # below for more information.

UPDATE: 600 W Madison is closed on 1/6/2014 - Please be safe and keep warm!

newsAFGE Local 1395 is asking its members especially those located in 600 W Madison to call the HWSSC building @ 312-575-4294. For 1/6/2013 employees will be on a fixed schedule with a delayed opening. So the fixed tour would be 8-4:30.

 

If you do brave the weather please dress appropriately as the temperature is predicate -8 below or greater.

 

 

union_solidarity Tuesday December 10 is "National Lobby Day."

This is a day to contact your Political representative on issues for Federal Employees.

For more information please contact your local AFGE steward. If everyone does their part it will make a difference!

Open Season is here again

December 2nd, 2013 | Posted by admin in Benefits | Did you know? - (0 Comments)

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.

 

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Remembering Eloise Dillon

November 28th, 2013 | Posted by admin in R.I.P. - (0 Comments)

Former local 1395 President Eloise Dillon passed away on Nov 20, 2013 we would like to honor her on our website. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and loved ones.

 

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving

November 28th, 2013 | Posted by admin in Holidays - (0 Comments)

AFGE Local 1359 would like to wish you and your family a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!

Happy-Thanksgiving

 

 

AFGE Post Shutdown Talking Points

October 21st, 2013 | Posted by admin in News | Shutdown - (0 Comments)

AFGE National explains why...

The deal to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling is only a temporary measure.

The economic and social costs of shutting down the government for three weeks will be felt for months and possibly years.

Vital public services were compromised during the shutdown.

The shutdown was the latest injustice to hit federal workers.

Read more at: AFGE Post Shutdown Talking Points!