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Employees have successfully ratified their very first contract since reaching out to AFSCME Local 2703 two years ago.  There have been several ups and downs but ultimately MEMBERS HAVE PREVAILED!

New Rights for Workers!  New Salary Pay Table!  New Money!  New Pay Differentials!  New Job Security!  New Strength!  New Respect!  

On July 31, 2023 healthcare professionals at Wellpath/ CFMG in Placer County organized their union with AFSCME Council 57 with 85.4% voting Yes! Please welcome them to our AFSCME Council 57 family! 

Arrest warrant for former El Dorado Hills CSD official indicted on felony perjury charges By Darrell Smith Updated October 31, 2025 9:08 PM 

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Members of PEU/AFSCME Local 1 stood up against wasteful executive pay raises at the Contra Costa Community College District (4CD) board meeting earlier this month. These executive raises come while workers have faced layoffs and staffing shortages since the start of the year.

Local 1 Vice President Brian Williams is quoted in Richmondside:

The newest cultural workers union to join the AFSCME family is Monterey Bay Aquarium Workers United. Affiliated with @AFSCMECouncil57, it’s another success story made possible by the AFSCME Cultural Workers United campaign.

El Dorado County management and budget decisions can seem far removed from most people’s daily lives, but they have real consequences, like the threat of being snowbound. When El Dorado County communities get hit with a big snow storm this winter, there won’t be enough snowplow operators to clear our roads, making sure we can get to work, school, the grocery store or medical appointments.

Philadelphia – Penn Libraries staff, unionizing as AFSCME DC 47 Local 590 Penn Libraries United, announced this fall the results of their August election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.