AFL-CIO Turn Around America Rally - 2009
 August 2 ~ 1:00 PM ~ WV State Capitol 

 PEIA PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED

See which stage, screen and TV stars have come out strongly for the Employee Free Choice Act.

Amy Brenneman and Esai Morales are among 47 popular performing artists speaking out on behalf of the Employee Free Choice Act in a dynamic new video. The performers sum it up this way: “The best way for working men and women to get ahead is by uniting with our co-workers and forming a union. The Employee Free Choice Act does exactly what it says: It gives workers a choice of how to unionize.” Check out the website at www.Artists4WorkersChoice.org.

Council 77 Newsletter for Spring/Summer with Session wrap up

AFSCME membership: Benefits, Questions and Answers

 Lobby Day at the Capitol - 2009

About 75 committed Council 77 members from around West Virginia traveled to Charleston on ice covered roads to attend their annual Lobby Day Event always held on a state holiday - President's Day. Influential elected officials spoke to the group in the morning and the afternoon was spent attending appointments with legislators from member's home districts and watching the House and Senate in session discussing new laws of the state. Collective Bargaining, pay increases, longevity compensation and reducing insurance costs topped the day's legislative agenda. For more photos, click here.

Council 77 Vice President Pat Jack introduces Delegate Mike Caputo, a Democrat representing Marion County. Mike serves as the Majority Whip in the House of Delegates as well as working for the United Mineworkers as a representative. Delegate Caputo talked about  the process for passing a collective bargaining bill.

WV AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue listens to the legislators before telling members how well the 3 AFL-CIO unions who represent state employees work together. AFSCME, CWA and UMWA all represent different segments of state employees.

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