Local 91: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties

PICNIC REMINDER

Local 91 Annual Family Picnic

Saturday Sep. 4
Noon – 4 p.m.
Grant Park, Area 4

Food served 1 – 3 p.m.

Hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, beverages
Games, prizes, information table
Immediate family only, please
Please respond to: Janice.carsonpayne@wi.gov

LOCAL 91 MEMBERS: FREE TICKETS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH ON LABOR DAY

Tickets are reserved for Union Members and their immediate families who participate in the parade

Tickets will be distributed to Parade participants at the Parade STAGING AREA at 10:00 a.m.
Park your car for free in marked lots near Summerfest
Shuttle buses will run between 9-10 a.m. to staging area
Meet at PARADE ZONE 2 STAGING AREA at 10:00 a.m. (4^th Street between Wisconsin and Michigan Avenues)
Please wear your Blue Local 91 T-shirt or your Green AFSCME T- shirt
SECURITY: no back-packs, knives, aluminum bottles, etc.

Laborfest Parade

Labor Day 2010

Monday Sep. 6

Join Local 91 as we walk from Zeidler Park to Meier Festival Grounds. Both union members and the community are welcome to an afternoon-long free party of live music, entertainment, a people's parade, clowns, a children's stage, sports events, bingo and much more. Parade steps off at 11am. RSVP to Wendy.pero@wi.gov by 09/03/10 if you will march with us for labor!

ABOUT LOCAL 91

Local 91 represents all Wisconsin State Employees in the Counties of Milwaukee, Washington, Waukesha and Ozaukee, excluding those employees in the jurisdiction of other AFSCME local unions.

Our local represents members in four separate bargaining units: Technical, Blue Collar, Administrative Support, and Security & Public Safety. We negotiate wages, hours, and working conditions; and represent people who have a grievance with management.

Approximately 260 workers are represented by Local 91. We are a democratically run membership organization. Monthly meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month (except for the annual combined November/December meeting in early December) at 6:00p.m., at the Wisconsin DNR Building in Milwaukee, at 2300 N. Dr. M.L. King Drive.

The best way to ensure that the union represents your views is to become a member and participate in meetings. That is where decisions are made.

HOW TO CONTACT A STEWARD?

Tell your supervisor that you want to meet with your steward "about a possible grievance." Stewards are trained in the contract, and will be able to give your problem the attention it needs. Your supervisor doesn’t have the right to ask you why, and must set up a private meeting in a timely manner on work time (In paid status). Ideally, and whenever possible, these meetings should be scheduled for the next day after the request is made when both employees are scheduled to work. However, it is understood that this is not always possible due to real operational needs.

REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES' RIGHTS

Every two years, the agreement (contract) states what wages, benefits, rights, and responsibilities we have, and what rights and responsibilities management has. Both the union and the State are obliged to obey this agreement. If your supervisor violates our contract, you can file a grievance to force them to correct the problem.

One of the rights under the contract is the right to file a grievance on work time. Another is to have a steward represent you during any disciplinary or investigatory meeting with management, if you believe disciplinary action may result from the meeting.