Member Spotlight-Jushawn Rucker & David DiPasquale

Member Spotlight-Jushawn Rucker & David DiPasquale

BENTE 2419 members Jushawn Rucker and David DiPasquale. are driven by a love for their students and the district that shaped them. On December 20, Jushawn and David exhibited their passion for their work heroically when they saved a 15 year-old student’s life. That...
Honoring Veteran & Union Brother Leslie White

Honoring Veteran & Union Brother Leslie White

As November, National Veterans and Military Family’s month, comes to a close, we recognize Local 2343-Town of Cortlandt and its effort to highlight former member and veteran Leslie White. Every year the Town of Cortlandt posts patriotic banners featuring local...
Member Spotlight-Ronald Mathis

Member Spotlight-Ronald Mathis

Ronald Mathis is a dedicated school bus driver on a service driven mission-service to his students, to his ministry & to our community. He has worked for the Webster School District as a bus driver for over 8 years. Ronald is a former Marine whose military service...
Solidarity in Florida

Solidarity in Florida

Recently, AFSCME international issued a call to action to our AFSCME family to support members in Florida in response to the passage of the anti-worker Senate Bill (SB) 256, which went into effect on July 1, 2023. Council 66 answered the call immediately by sending...
Member spotlight-Krone Brown & Kenneith Carter

Member spotlight-Krone Brown & Kenneith Carter

At 5am on April 5, 2023, Krone Brown and Kenneith Carter, local 1961 City of Albany, were on their usual route picking up garbage when they noticed the smell of what seemed like burning rubber. Moments later, they found themselves first-on-scene at a blazing building...
Niskayuna’s Lifesaving Contract

Niskayuna’s Lifesaving Contract

Every day unions fight tirelessly for workers. What happens when unions and employers fight together to save lives. In 2022,  a contract provision for blood, platelet and organ donation leave was included in the Niskayuna Local 1130 contract. The moment it passed...