Afscme Local 2866

03/09/2023

Once again, out-of-state special interest groups are trying to gut the freedoms and values of working Floridians. SB256 is an attack against public service workers simply because we are public service workers. And when public service workers lose our voice at work, we cannot advocate for the very se...

05/07/2017

I have just been informed that effective immediately our local number will now be local 2866

04/27/2017

04/08/2017

03/31/2017

03/28/2017

🚨LEG ALERT: Stop Union Busting HB 11

This Thursday, March 30th, your state reps will vote on HB 11, the union busting bill that would eliminate public unions in a workplace if voluntary dues paying membership falls below an arbitrarily set percentage.

After workers packed committee meetings last week to voice their strong opposition against this bad bill, house leaders continued their push to roll back workers' rights in our state.

HB 11 would allow for the decertification of any public sector bargaining unit that can’t demonstrate that their voluntary dues paying membership represents 50% or more of the total number of employees in the workplace.

Make no mistake, the intent of this bill is to strip our teachers and public servants from having a voice on the job. This bill would eliminate their ability to collectively bargain for fair wages and benefits, and silence their advocacy for the rights of all workers in Florida.

HB 11 is one of the perennial favorites for anti-worker legislators, and template legislation from big business backed organizations like the American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC.

Call (855) 235-2469 and leave your local state representatives with the message that you reject this clear assault on workers' rights, and that as their constituent you urge them to vote NO on HB 11.

03/22/2017

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03/21/2017

🚨LEG ALERT: Stop Anti-Union HB 11

Tomorrow, March 22nd, your state reps will be voting on HB 11, a bill that would eliminate public unions in a workplace if membership declines below an arbitrarily set percentage.

Make no mistake, the intent of this bill is to strip our teachers and public servants from having a voice on the job. This bill would eliminate their ability to collectively bargain for fair wages and benefits, and silence their advocacy for the rights of all workers in Florida.

Call the following members of the House Government Accountability Committee and tell them to stand with workers and vote NO on HB 11.

🚨Matt Caldwell (Chair) 📞 (850) 717-5079
🚨Charlie Stone (Vice-Chair) 📞 (850) 717-5022
🚨Joseph Abruzzo 📞 (850) 717-5081
🚨Ben Albritton 📞 (850) 717-5056
🚨Colleen Burton 📞 (850) 717-5040
🚨Neil Combee 📞 (850) 717-5039
🚨Brad Drake 📞 (850) 717-5005
🚨 Jay Fant 📞 (850) 717-5015
🚨Patrick Henry 📞 (850) 717-5026
🚨Kristin Jacobs 📞 (850) 717-5096
🚨Chris Latvala 📞 (850) 717-5067
🚨Amber Mariano 📞 (850) 717-5036
🚨Wengay 'Newt' Newton 📞 (850) 717-5070
🚨Cary Pigman 📞 (850) 717-5055
🚨Scott Plakon 📞 (850) 717-5029
🚨Holly Merrill Raschein 📞 (850) 717-5120
🚨Daniel D. Raulerson 📞 (850) 717-5058
🚨Bob Rommel 📞 (850) 717-5106
🚨David Santiago 📞 (850) 717-5027
🚨Carlos Guillermo Smith 📞 (850) 717-5049
🚨Barbara Watson 📞 (850) 717-5107
🚨Clovis Watson 📞 (850) 717-5020
🚨Matt Willhite 📞 (850) 717-5086
🚨Jayer Williamson 📞 (850) 717-5003

HB 11 would allow for the decertification of any public sector bargaining unit that can’t demonstrate that their membership represents 50% or more of the total number of employees in the unit.

Florida’s public sector workers have the constitutional right to collectively bargain under Article 1 Section 6, the same section that also contains the Right to Work (for less). That means that legislators must find sneaky, seemingly innocuous ways, to eliminate the ability for public sector workers to come together to bargain for better work lives and marshal their collective resources for political action.

HB 11 is one of the perennial favorites for anti-worker legislators, and template legislation from big business backed organizations like the American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC.

Call the state representatives above and leave them with the message that you reject this clear assault on workers rights. If you see your local legislator in the list above, be sure to let them know that as their constituent you are strongly against HB 11.

03/08/2017

Senate President Joe Negron talks like this is the year for a state worker pay raise. Florida has fewer state employees per capita in the nation and pays them less, per resident, than any other state.

02/27/2017

Florida AFSCME is looking for a few – make that many more – working people to reap the benefits of a strong contract and is working to build on membership growth it achieved last year.

02/25/2017

In Tallahassee at the Afscme town hall meeting

02/25/2017

Gov. Rick Scott, who campaigned as a conservative outsider determined to cut the size and cost of Florida government, has overseen a substantial year-by-year decline in the state’s personnel rolls.