AFSCME members working for the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) are hopping busy these days fulfilling a critical mission. They are helping Louisianans survive as the Bayou State’s economy buckles under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic.
AFSCME Wisconsin Statement on Milwaukee Center for Independence Contract Violations
AFSCME Wisconsin strongly rebukes Milwaukee Center for Independence’s repeated, conscious contract violations with AFSCME Local 1954 members.
AFSCME Local 1954 represents custodial workers, case managers, food service workers, registered nurses, clinicians, social workers, and various job classifications including nearly 300 employees.
Updating wills before heading into work. Extending the lives of single-use masks. Self-isolating from their own families. These are just some of the shameful realities and conditions health care workers on the front lines of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic are facing each day.
AFSCME Wisconsin Statement on Milwaukee Department of Public Works Mismanagement of COVID-19 Case
AFSCME Wisconsin rebukes the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works mismanagement of a high-risk COVID-19 case and the subsequent eight-day delay in informing DPW employees. To date, COVID-19 claimed the lives of ten and infects over 600 Milwaukee County residents, with infection rates climbing daily.
Before the announcement early Wednesday of an unprecedented $2 trillion deal to combat the coronavirus pandemic, AFSCME President Lee Saunders and three front-line workers put pressure on federal lawmakers to come through with a robust aid package for state and local governments so they can rebuild decimated public services.
The coronavirus aid package that cleared Congress is just not good enough for public service workers. That’s the takeaway message from AFSCME President Lee Saunders.
Today, Governor Evers directed the Wisconsin DHS to extend the Safer-at-Home order until May 26. Changes to the previous Safer at Home order go into effect on April 24, 2020 and remain in effect until 8 a.m. on May 26, 2020.
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) emerges in the United States, many AFSCME members are and will continue to be on the front lines caring for and transporting those afflicted with the virus. Workers in emergency services, health care, child care, educational institutions and many others may come in contact with people who’ve contracted the coronavirus, putting themselves at risk.
