Posted by Lou on June 12, 2010
This Thursday, June 18, our general membership meeting will be held in the 3rd floor cafeteria of 235 Promenade St. There is no major news on the agenda as of right now. If you have something you would like to discuss, feel free to contact us.
Following up on something Ken DeLorenzo and I have mentioned, the Council is working on creating a Next Wave committee to cater to the interests of younger members. To that end, I have created a Facebook page for the Council 94 Next Wave group. You can also stay connected with the Council via the Council 94 Facebook page. If you would like more information about AFSCME’s Next Wave movement, see the AFSCME Next Wave website.
If you are interested in being part of the Next Wave movement, please contact me for more information. Whether you are interested or not, if you under 35 years old, and a member of Local 2881, please fill out this survey and return it to me. I’d consider it a personal favor, and probably even buy you a beer for your trouble!
Posted by Lou on April 16, 2010
Last night, Ken DiLorenzo came to our general membership meeting to update us on the recent happenings that affect us.
1) The federal lawsuit filed to challenge the retirees’ health benefit changes has been decided. Unfortunately, it wasn’t in our favor. Ken is going to be reviewing the decision, and keep us abreast of any chances for further appeal.
2) As you may know, the House supplemental budget included a provision to change our pension benefit again. It kept a compounding COLA, but the COLA would only apply to the first $35,000 of our pension, and only be applicable after the third anniversary of retirement or age 65, whichever is later. And the COLA would be either the Urban Consumer Price Index (CPI) or 3%, whichever is less. After this provision passed the house, the Senate rejected the budget due to the pension fund re-amortization, that will spread the unfunded liability over 25 years. The house will not vote on a new budget for at least a week, since they are not in session.
In the meantime, please take a minute and contact your state senator and representative: Keep the COLA!. Also, Council 94 has put together some information regarding the budget, and its effects on state employees.
3) Finally, for those of you interested in social networking, Council 94 has a Facebook page. Right now, there are lots of photos from the state convention, and will be used to update Council 94 members en masse. You might even notice that the page linked to our Local 2881 website! Go to Council 94’s Facebook page and become a fan!
If you have a question or a comment, don’t hesitate to leave us a message!
Posted by Lou on April 9, 2010
This month’s general membership meeting will be held on Thursday, April 15 in the third floor cafeteria at 235 Promenade Street. Council 94 Executive Director, Ken DeLorenzo, will be attending to answer any questions you may have regarding the pension lawsuit and proposed reforms. As usual, the meeting starts at 4:20pm. Hope to see you there.
Posted by Lou on
Local 2881 Members, we need you to be (or stay) active in this fight to save our COLAs. Please come to the rallies scheduled for 3pm Monday, April 12 and 4pm Tuesday, April 13 in front of the State House, to protest this additional cut in our pension benefits!
Monday, April 12, 3pm and Tuesday, April 13, 4pm!
Be there to let the legislators know that this attack will NOT be tolerated.
In the meantime, from your HOME COMPUTER, take a minute and go to Keep the COLA, fill in your information, and contact your state senator and representative!
Posted by Lou on March 20, 2010
At today’s AFSCME Council 94 convention, the officers and executive board members were elected. All of the electees were unopposed. Unfortunately, I did not learn what local unions each electee represents.
President: J. Michael Downey
Executive Vice President: Gloria Prevost
Recording Secretary: Claire Newell
Treasurer: Cathy Paquette
State Vice President: Lynn Loveday
State Executive Board: Paul Campbell Jr., Glenn Dusablon, Hilde Gesch, Armand Musumeci, JoAnn Teixeira, Maureen Tripp, Mary Riley, Roy Viera
Trustees: Fred DiMaio, Sam Hanna, Rosa Morales, Donald Oulette
Sergeant-at-Arms: Maria Caranci
