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AFSCME WORKS Online Xtras
Up-to-date news for the web from AFSCME WORKS Magazine.
NM Child Care Providers Say ‘Yes’ to AFSCME Approximately 2,600 family child care providers statewide can now speak with one powerful voice after voting to join Child Care Providers Together (CCPT)/New Mexico, an affiliate of AFSCME Council 18. California Nurses Win Grant to Improve Health Care The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP/AFSCME) has won a $60,000 federal grant to improve patient care at Riverside’s Parkview Community Hospital and Medical Center.    Oregon Workers Turn Up the Heat More than 175 members of AFSCME Local 350 (Oregon Council 75) participated in a recent rally to protest Clackamas County's regressive bargaining proposals.   Wisconsin Soldier Answers the Call Millard was featured on the cover of the October 12, 2009 issue of Time Magazine which covers the war in Afghanistan. His unit’s job is considered the most dangerous job in a war zone.  Ohio Child Care Providers Ratify First Contract Nearly 8,000 in-home child care providers in Ohio have ratified their first AFSCME contract, guaranteeing union recognition, establishing a grievance procedure, and giving in-home child care providers new rights on the job.   LA & City Workers Reach Agreement A recently ratified agreement covering about 20,000 Los Angeles city employees – members of AFSCME Council 36 – will prevent threatened layoffs and furloughs, avert wage cuts, forestall major service reductions and help the city balance its budget.   Arizona Custodians Win Jobs Back State custodians who lost their jobs to inmate labor and a private contractor earlier this year have won the right to reclaim their posts.
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