AFSCME Local 696 Election Overturned- AGAIN

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Rabble Rousers! Or rather, the day before it. I didn’t really feel like delaying this news any longer than I already have! Our protests worked! The July election has been overturned by AFSCME International. Read the full decision here! What happens next? We are currently planning our third campaign this year, and…

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Good evening, Rabble Rousers! Email summary: Local 696’s next General Membership Meeting July Election Protest Investigation General Membership Meeting Our next General Membership Meeting is Thursday, 21 September 2023. Not much to say about it, really- no agenda has been distributed so we don’t know what to expect.for Protest Investigation We had our protest investigation…

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Happy Labor Day, everyone! Summary RR News The Importance of Labor Day Rabble Rouser News AFSCME International has scheduled a hearing to discuss our 7 protests against the conduct of the Local 696 July 2023 election. That hearing will take place on 12 September 2023 at 10am. I wish I could invite you all to…

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Good evening and happy Monday, Rabble Rousers! The News: Special General Membership Meeting THIS THURDSAY The Rabble Rousers want to hear from YOU! I spoke with Tony Dinkins today Special General Membership Meeting You hopefully saw this in your mail already- yep, you guessed it! It’s about us. The Election Committee will convene with the…

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Happy Saturday, Rabble Rousers! Much like the last run, we are protesting the conduct of the recent Local 696 election. It is 7 protests this time, instead of 11: While our protests are fewer, they are stronger than they were in March. Many of them are the very same behavior that triggered the overturning of…

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Good morning, Rabble Rousers! The campaign is over. Today is the last day to submit your ballots in order to have them counted. If you have not done so already, I implore you to check those Rabble Rousers boxes and send out your ballots as soon as you can. When we began this journey, I…

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Today, Rabble Rousers, is a day of celebration and rest! As of last night, this email list has 150 people- assembled by a small team of dedicated labor activists, we’re reaching almost as many folks with these emails as voted for the SBU earlier this year. Tell your coworkers- if they want to get involved…

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Good evening, everyone! We had a wonderfully productive discussion in our weekly meeting tonight (next week it goes back to Wednesdays!) about the Rabble Rousers as a slate of candidates and what the rank-and-file workers can do to ensure a progressive victory that works for all workers in Local 696. The short version- talk to…

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Thursday, Mary Kachline- Steward/Delegate and Executive Board member on the SBU slate- circulated an email about what Local 696 has accomplished for its membership. It has some bold claims in it- laughably bold. Kachline, and by extension the SBU, claims responsibility for Juneteenth as a paid holiday. The Juneteenth holiday was established by the state…

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Good evening, Rabble Rousers! Today, we learned that the ballots will be mailed on Thursday, June 29th- two days from today! The Rabble Rousers are currently accepting volunteers for observers for that day. An observer is an AFSCME member (Any Local, any affiliation) who monitors the process of the election and observes (does not interfere)…

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