Garden Grove Settled —
Garden Grove Registered Nurses voted overwhelmingly to approve a new contract that includes wage increases retroactive to October, 2010, and several contract improvements including bonuses, differentials and new holidays, while holding the line against proposed takeaways of our reserve sick bank and other benefits.

Parkview Bargaining Complete —
The Parkview bargaining team successfully negotiated some major contract improvements rarely seen in a second agreement, in addition to across-the-board wage increases.  Due to Parkview’s non-profit status this new Agreement must also be ratified by the Parkview Board of Directors.

UNAC/UHCP at AFSCME’s Next Wave Conference —
AFSCME activists nationwide gathered at the Next Wave Conference in Atlanta, Georgia in June to engage members age 35 and under to develop the next generation of AFSCME leaders. UNAC/UHCP sent State Secretary Barbara Blake, RN, and newly hired Staff Representative Tamara Yildiz, RN to Atlanta to join the more than 600 up and coming leaders of the labor movement in a weekend that included a tour of the Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site, a flash mob, and a panel discussion with Sarah Kamal, a democracy activist from Egypt who used social media organizing to help end the Mubarak regime. The next wave of labor leaders attending the conference will be pivotal in fighting the battles necessary to maintain the labor movement for
generations to come.

AFSCME Scholarship —
Each year the AFSCME Family Scholarship Program provides ten $2,000 scholarships to high school seniors that will be renewed for $2,000 each year for a maximum of four years. To be eligible, you must: be a graduating high school senior, be a daughter, son or financially dependent grandchild of an active or retired, full dues-paying AFSCME member, be an applicant to an accredited college or university and subsequently accepted as a full-time student in a four year degree program.  For more information on the program, go to afscme.org/family.