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Biden forgives student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workers

AFSCME President Lee Saunders praised the White House’s announcement Thursday that the Biden administration will forgive student loans for an additional 78,000 borrowers — including many AFSCME mem

November 2021 MSOP Meeting Minutes

AFSCME MSOP Labor Management

November 16, 2021

Human Resources Room/Conference

12PM

 

Attendance: Adam Castle, Eric Hesse, Ryan Cates, Michelle Sexe, Bonnie Wold, Alli Kuhlman, Alli Kuhlman, Tim Lokensgard, Chris Hagen, Troy Sherwood, Nicole Boder

 

Follow Up Items

November 2021 FMHP Meeting Minutes

AFSCME Labor Management MSH

November 18, 2021 1230PM

Administration Building

 

Attendance: Adam Castle, Ryan Cates, Annie Jakacki, Jake Schoenecker, Marvin Sullivan, Steve Wilking, Eric Manriquez, Kurt Crosby, Alex Flores, Scott Melby, Becky Robinson, Alli Kuhlman, Heather Staff, Ashley Shanley

 

Reflection and Celebration: Becky-All year-out vacation requests have been dealt with. It took 27 hours to complete.

Honoring the anniversary of America’s first pay equity strike

Striketober and Strikesgiving are over, but worker strikes are still going strong. As I write this, Kellogg’s workers are holding the line in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Memphis. Alabama miners are heading into their ninth month of standing up to Warrior Met Coal. And the wave of worker actions demonstrating power and the fight for fairness continues to rise.

AFSCME President Lee Saunders joins signing ceremony of historic infrastructure bill

AFSCME President Lee Saunders on Monday joined President Joe Biden and members of his administration, as well as a bipartisan group of lawmakers, for the signing ceremony of the historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Congress has finally passed an infrastructure bill. Build Back Better should be next.

The House of Representatives has passed President Joe Biden’s transformational bipartisan infrastructure plan, which Biden will soon sign into law. The passage earned praise from AFSCME President Lee Saunders, who, in a statement, said, “We are turning a corner.”

October 2021 General Membership Meeting Minutes

General Membership Meeting-AFSCME 404

October 21, 2021

430 PM Video Conference

Present:

Adam Castle, Ryan Cates, Eric Hesse, Antonino Guerrero, Kurt Crosby, Rick Pitts, Steve Wilking, Annie Jakacki, Breanna Drummer, Patricia, Jamie Schwartz

CBHH/CARE October 2021 Meeting Minutes

CBHH/ CARE Labor/Management Meeting

October 28, 2021 130PM

CBHH/CARE-Rochester

 

Attendance: Adam Castle, Eric Manriquez, Steve Wilking, Ryan Cates, Judy Ehrman, Brooke Newfield, Jim Pierce, Heather Tucky, Christina Anderly, Bill Copf, Misten Helleckson

 

Reports:

FMHP October 2021 Meeting Minutes

AFSCME Labor Management FMHP

October 21, 2021 1230PM

Administration Building

 

Attendance: Adam Castle, Ryan Cates, Annie Jakacki, Kurt Crosby, Jake Schoenecker, Marvin Sullivan, Steve Wilking, Eric Manriquez, Carol Olsen, Scott Melby, Becky Robinson, Michelle Chalin, Roxanne Portner, Alli Kuhlman, Ashley Shanley, Heather Staff