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Happy International Workers Day!

In 1886, the organziation that would become the American Federation of Labor (AFL), set out to help workers across the United States to gain better working conditions.

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1968. Memphis, Tennessee. The heart of the racially segregated South. Black sanitation workers faced poverty wages and degrading, dangerous conditions on the job.

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International Women's Day 2023

March 8, 2023 is international women's day! We want to thank all the women who make AFSCME Council 81 Happen.

Council 81 celebrates Correctional Employees Week: Thank you AFSCME Correctional Employees!

Council 81 Staff on Friday, May 8 2020 - 5:57pm

We started this week of by celebrating Public Service appreciation week; yesterday we celebrated our nurses on the frontlines for National Nurses day; and today we are celebrating our correctional employees who have been working dangerous jobs before there was a global pandemic, but now that COVID19 is here, their jobs are not only increasingly more dangerous with exposure to the virus, but they're also more important as the last line of defense to keep the community safe.

Council 81 Celebrates AFSCME Nurses on National Nurses Appreciation Day!

Council 81 Staff on Wednesday, May 6 2020 - 3:19pm

Earlier this week we sent you an email that marked Public Service Appreciation Week. Today is nurses appreciation day; in a time when our nurses, CAN, activity therapists and all healthcare workers have put themselves on the frontlines and directly in the face of a global pandemic, we wanted to take some time to thank our Nurses across Delaware.

A week to celebrate Public Service

Council 81 Staff on Monday, May 4 2020 - 4:29pm

The week of Monday, May 4-Friday, May 8 will see a lot of posts and thank yous for people who are undoubtedly deserving of our gratitude. This week is National Teacher's Appreciation Week, National Corrections Week will begin on May 5, and beginning on May 6 is National Nurses Appreciation Week.

Thank you AFSCME Workers!

Council 81 Staff on Wednesday, April 29 2020 - 7:55pm

While our members are working on the frontlines as social workers, nurses, CNAs, DOL workers, DelDOT workers; from school custodians to city and municipal workers—we here at Council 81 are grateful for the work they're doing to keep Delaware moving forward. As we continue to navigate these uncharted waters, we will continue to communicate through email to our members and Presidents and will use facebook to communicate with our rank and file members.

Council 81 Celebrates National Library Workers Day: April 21

Council 81 Staff on Monday, April 20 2020 - 4:45pm

Tuesday, April 21, is National Library Workers Day, and while almost every library building is closed or providing reduced services due to the COVID-19 outbreak, AFSCME honors the library workers for stepping up and finding new ways to meet their community's needs.