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NEW PETITION! ALL MEMBERS SHOULD READ AND SIGN!
We, members in good standing of AFSCME Local 2401 hereby express our concerns about ongoing attacks against our Union and our rights as employees by the D.C. Government through reductions in force, reorganizations and realignments. Our Local has suffered attacks at Health Care Finance, CSSR, CFSA, and OCP.
Each month, our 1500+ members pay $35.18 in Union dues. District Council 20 gets 60% of these dues, or more than $21 .
We have requested District 20 to help to defend these attacks against us, but its leadership has refused to financially support our members in arbitrations and lawsuits and to financially support our fight against a CSSD “restructuring.” Local 2401 has been forced to defend itself and to spend its limited money to protect our members. Our local receives only $3.52 per member each month.
Without any financial support from District Council 20, we have stood up to the government at a great cost to the Local. We have filed a lawsuit in federal court and defeated the District’s motion to dismiss our case, forced the D.C. Attorney General’s office to reverse privatization of child support jobs, cancel a $5 million private contract and defended our members in two critical arbitrations.
We members of Local 2401 demand that District 20 reimburse Local 2401 for expenditures that it has incurred in litigation, arbitration, and grievances on behalf of our members.
We demand that any future dues District Council 20 collects from Local 2401 be deposited in a separate escrow account for our legal defense until our concerns can be addressed.
Due to the Christmas Holiday the General Membership meeting has been scheduled for:
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
at the
Hyatt Regency Hotel
400 New Jersey Ave, NW
from
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Our tentative agenda is as follows:
Your Money (Union Dues)
Class and Compensation DHS
Health Insurance
Updates
Your President,
Sabrina Brown
AFSCME Local 2401
President Sabrina Brown with residents of Occupy DC at McPherson Square. President Brown delivered donated items from AFSCME 2401-Sleeping bags, water and other supplies. 2401 supports the people standing up for the 99%!
PRESS RELEASE:
AFSCME Local 2401 Supports Occupy Wall Street, Occupy DC and Occupy Baltimore
10/25/11
For Immediate Release:
The following statement is from AFSCME Local 2401 (Washington, DC) President Sabrina Brown and the 2401 Officers and Executive Board:
As the Occupy Wall Street protests continue to grow in New York City and spread to cities across the country, including Washington DC and Baltimore, AFSCME Local 2401 members stand in solidarity with the brave brothers and sisters who are in the streets, raising their voices and refusing to back down to the small minority who are killing the American dream for millions of working class people.
For years, DC Public Workers have endured wage and benefit cuts, layoffs, and the systematic dismantling of the public sector workforce in favor of privatization. Teachers, social workers, clerks, and all types of workers who provide vital services to the people of DC have suffered while a tiny minority continue to watch their wealth skyrocket. Union members, with a proud history of fighting for fair treatment and decent wages in DC and Maryland, have been particularly targeted for attacks by opportunistic politicians and union-busting management.
Unemployment continues to devastate the DC and Maryland working class. Public schools are neglected, and replaced by privately run schools. Desperately needed tax money is given to developers who continue the planned gentrification project to change the city’s “culture”. All show the inherent racism of a system that values profits over peoples’ needs.
We encourage all members of Local 2401 and everyone in DC, Baltimore and the surrounding areas to join the occupation of Washington every day until real change comes.
*For more information, or to schedule an interview with President Sabrina Brown, please contact 202-570-2948.
AFSCME Local 2401 – where members’ voices are heard on the job and across the nation!
AFSCME Local 2401, representing the Social Service and Service Delivery employees of the Nation’s Capital, is 
based out of Washington, DC and is affiliated with District Council 20 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
As active union members, we are volunteers who handle grievances, bargain collectively, develop policy, and participate in political action to improve working and living conditions for all Washingtonians.
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