Support Heartland strikers
Come Effingham on Sept. 8
A rally and Community Outreach Day are planned in Effingham for Sept. 8 to show solidarity with striking Heartland Human Services employees. All AFSCME members and others who wish to support these workers are invited to be in Effingham at 11 a.m. for the rally. Those who come will then fan out in the community to bring the strikers story to residents and generate pressure on the agency to bargain in good faith and reach a fair settlement.
Heartland workers, who provide both residential and outpatient mental health treatment, as well as substance abuse treatment and family counseling in the Effingham area have been on strike for nearly two months after more than a year of negotiations seeking to reach agreement on a first contract.
Despite forming their union, AFSCME Local 3494, in February 2006, they have faced difficult negotiations, unfair treatment and foot-dragging from management ever since.
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I will do my best to try and make it, perhaps sporting official IWW/Anarcho-Syndicalist regalia and the flag. :)
I'll spread the word.
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