AFSCME Ohio Council 8 Columbus Region

Communicating With Your Union

AFSCME Ohio Council 8 understands that our members receive information about union-related events, issues, and victories in a variety of methods. It is the goal of the EBoard’s Communications Committee is to research and understand how our members would prefer to receive their communications. Please take a few minutes to take this important communications survey so that we may be able to better serve our membership. Take the survey today: https://bit.ly/3QjzOxt.

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AFSCME members support President Biden’s new student debt relief plans

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Security when it matters: Pay raises for unionized workers reached multi-decade high in 2023

The last few years have seen a rise in worker momentum, with unionized workers rais

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Biden forgives student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workers

AFSCME President Lee Saunders praised the White House’s announcement Thursday that the Biden administration will forgive student loans for an additional 78,000 borrowers — including many AFSCME mem

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AFSCME congratulates Judge Nicole Berner on winning Senate confirmation

AFSCME President Lee Saunders congratulated Nicole Berner, a longtime labor lawyer and general counsel of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), on being

National AFSCME News

With unanimous support, paramedics and EMTs form a union with AFSCME in Montana
We welcome EMS workers at AMR Bozeman to the AFSCME family. — Apr 22
Corrections officers demand improvements amid staffing, safety concerns in Connecticut facilities
Connecticut corrections workers show up in force at the state capitol, demanding respect. — Apr 18
Public Safety Spotlight: ‘The calm voice in the storm’
We honor professionals like Chad Piazza during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. — Apr 17
AFSCME members win historic agreement after long fight with California city
Historic contract is the result of members’ persistence and solidarity. — Apr 16
Maine members welcome new pro-labor law
Good news for workers in Maine. A new law would allow those who work for state government, the judicial branch and in higher education to form unions. And their employers must recognize the union if a majority of employees choose to form one. — Apr 15