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We keep the pressure on lawmakers to TAKE ACTION!!

Updated On: Mar 18, 2010 (11:32:00)

Lawmakers pledge support to keep us SAFE AT WORK!

AFSCME members April Tidwell, a Social Service Clinician from Madisonville, and Larry Simmons, a Social Service Aide from Louisville, testify to members of the House Health and Welfare Committee.
Yesterday, we made huge headway in our fight to improve safety and working conditions for human service workers!

AFSCME members April Tidwell of Madisonville, Lula Duerson of Hopkinsville and Larry Simmons of Louisville testified at the House Health and Welfare Committee hearing about workplace conditions and the state’s strained social service system. We urged lawmakers to:

-Fulfill their promise to fully fund safety measures contained in the Boni bill
-Improve caseload standards
-Give front-line staff a voice in funding decisions in Labor-Management meetings

"It is just criminal that this legislature has not sufficiently funded the services you provide."

-Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, D- Louisville

Our testimony riveted legislators and was covered by press across Kentucky. Rep. Tom Burch, Chairman of the Committee, pledged his support and will soon be introducing a new and improved Boni bill to tackle some of OUR issues on the job.

Make sure to SPREAD THE NEWS IN YOUR WORKPLACE!

We still have a big fight ahead of us to make sure this bill is passed. We need your support to make this happen- contact your AFSCME steward at work or contact us at 1-866-871-0646 or info@afscmekentucky.org to get more involved.

Click on these press clip highlights from around the state:

**VIDEO** WKYT Lexington: “Social workers say "Boni Bill" needs revision”
Lexington Herald-Leader: “Social workers left in the lurch”
Louisville Courier-Journal: “Social workers want Boni Bill's safety funding restored”

LATEST
FURLOUGH NEWS

8/26/10- BREAKING NEWS- Personnel Cabinet announces Correctional Officers, other will be exempted from furlough plan. Read more here.

8/16/10- AFSCME Kentucky state workers testify at a hearing in our lawsuit to stop furloughs. The judge has requested additional information and a ruling is expected in the coming week. Read more here.

See additional news coverage of our efforts to stop furlough plan below.

Lexington Herald-Leader: State workers sue Beshear to stop furlough plan

Louisville Courier-Journal: Kentucky state workers sue to stop furloughs

LEX18 TV: AFSCME Kentucky will file to stop Beshear furlough plan for state workers

Also of Note:

Soc.Security Proposes Legislation to End Furloughs of Federally Paid State Disability Workers

7/9/10- State employees face six furlough days in coming year. Read more here.

Link to more furlough information on the Personnel Cabinet's website here.

No increased health care costs for state workers and our families!

The final budget will cut $94 million out of the state employee health care plan. The Governor vetoed language in the budget that prescribed how these savings will be achieved- by increasing OUR share of the cost- and the decision now rests with the Personnel cabinet.

Stay tuned for more information on changes to state employee health care!

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