This National Library Workers Day, we celebrate the library workers who fight every day for fair wages, safe workplaces, and the resources our communities deserve. From protecting access to knowledge to standing up for public services, their work is essential and benefits us all.
“I believe it is possible for Alaska to be a premier place to live and work again. But public employees deserve better than this. The state must do better by its workforce. It must enact HB 78, the bill that creates a modest, shared-risk pension for public employees.” - Heidi Drygas, ASEA Exec. Dir.
If you love meaningful work that makes a difference, AND have experience with labor organizations and representing public employees, please consider joining our team! More info and application instructions are on our website: afscmelocal52.org/opening
Please apply by 5pm on April 30!
"Without experienced public employees, that work becomes far more difficult.
Restoring a defined benefit retirement system will not solve every workforce challenge Alaska faces. But it is a meaningful and practical step toward rebuilding the stability that public service careers once offered..."
"HB 78 is not a return to the past. It is a modern, risk-managed system projected to be more than $100 million net revenue positive to the state in the first five years..."
We are proud to celebrate 100 years of Black History Month and the immeasurable contributions of the Black workers whose courage and organizing helped build the labor movement.
This February, we look back and we organize forward. We build the power that makes history!
AFSCME is heartbroken and outraged by the senseless murder of fellow union member Alex Jeffrey Pretti and the violence and intimidation enacted by this administration.
We will not let fear destroy the bonds that hold our communities together.
We are seeking applications for another open position in our Anchorage office. This is a great entry level position for someone looking for meaningful work helping our members and organization. See the full job post on our website: www.afscmelocal52.org/news/603-job...
This Veterans Day, we salute all who’ve served and the veterans in the AFSCME family who continue to make our communities stronger every day.
🔥Hot Job Announcement (in a cold place❄️)! We work for more than 8,000 Alaskans across the state. Want to help support them in supporting all of us? Take a look at this incredible opportunity!
If you are in Juneau - please stop by the capitol steps on Valentine's Day (Fri, Feb 14) from 12-1pm to help show public employees some love. Grab a bingo card and listen to win our hearts and a prize 💚
Good evening, #alaskasky! Who wants to join us in asking for the million dollar salary study to be released? All are welcome to sign! Thank you for serving Alaska and or for standing with Alaska public employees: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
WEP-GPO is gone for good! After DECADES of hard work and thanks to our active AFSCME Retirees and members that helped make this happen!
The Senate has voted to repeal GPO-WEP! Thanks to nonstop activism from a broad coalition of union members, over 2 million public service workers will finally be able to access the Social Security benefits they spent their careers paying into. bit.ly/3P7Cd03
Our Fairbanks North Star Borough Management Unit wishes all a very happy holiday season! Photo credit to FNSB MU President Lee Williams
We found the old logo that went along with this🔥🦅
This is neat! Thank you for sharing!
*dislike* (not the post, but the prospect of not paying our Wildland firefighters for the life saving, critical work they perform during the fire season)
DYK that public employees in AK don't earn social security? While we have the SBS, it doesn't shield against penalties that can take huge cuts out of retirement earnings. The Social Security Fairness Act will help public employees keep their retirement in tact! www.afscme.org/about/retire...
Hello! We're the Alaska State Employees Association (ASEA), an affiliate of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). All together, we are ASEA/AFSCME Local 52 and we represent the state and municipal employees that help keep Alaska running, day and night, 24/7/365.
Life is better in a union.