Joining AFSCME           

If you work for an Agency utilizing the new Employee Self Service (SAP/ESS) system, follow these steps:

1. Click on “My Workplace”
2. Double click on “Employee Self Service”
3. Double click on “Employee Self Service User”
4. Double click on “Payroll Information”
5. Double click on “Union Membership”
6. Click the “Join” button

If you work for an agency not using this system, contact our Secretary, Cheryl D. Brown, at CHEBrown@state.pa.us or 720-4887, and she’ll send you an information packet and membership card

application to complete and submit.

Keep in mind the difference between Fair Share Agency Shop deductions and Full Dues

deductions is only ½ of 1%

AFSCME Local 3101 Wants You!

Members run the Union – this means you, and we need your help!

      To protect our current benefits and to ensure better contracts, please consider the following:

Did you know that your job does not negotiate your benefits, your Union does!

Did you realize that the more dues members we have increases our negotiating muscle?

With our last contract, did you know that without AFSCME in our corner, the Commonwealth wanted to take back 2 paid days and wanted us to pay even more for much less medical coverage, among other concessions?

Did you know we came closer to a strike with our current contract than we have since the 1970s because the Commonwealth did not begin to bend on negotiations until

5 p.m. on the last day?

Did you know that the difference between paying fair share and paying dues is only ½ of 1%, which is ½ of a penny on every dollar?

Did you know that as a dues paying Union member, you receive benefits only available to AFSCME members and not to AFSCME fair share fee payers?  Listed below are a few:

ü      Participate in AFSCME meetings;

ü      Help develop and formulate AFSCME policy;

ü      Run for office in AFSCME;

ü      Run for a delegate’s position to Council 13’s Convention and the International Convention;

ü      Participate in drafting AFSCME demands in collective bargaining;

ü      Vote or participate in AFSCME contract ratification meetings;

ü      Receive additional benefits and participate in programs solely available to AFSCME dues paying members and their families, i.e., AFSCME Scholarship Program and the cost saving AFSCME credit card program;

ü      Pre-paid Legal services;

ü      Vehicle and insurance discounts;

ü      Credit counseling and financial planning;

ü      Education planning and financial services.

AFSCME is not as concerned about the money as with the strength our membership adds to our collective voice when protecting our rights and benefits with contract negotiations as a Commonwealth employee.

For pennies a day, you can enjoy full AFSCME membership with all of its benefits.  Joining is easy.  If you never filled out a green card or joined using the Employee Self Service System (SAP/ESS), you are not a member; you are only paying fair share.

Please consider becoming a member and joining us in the fight to preserve our benefits.

By joining, you also are a member of:

·         The largest full-fledged participating union in the AFL-CIO;

·         The largest public employee union in the AFL‑CIO;

·         The largest public employee union in the PA AFL-CIO;

·         The fastest growing union in the country; and

·         The union with the greatest growth record in the last decade.

Local 3101 meets monthly on the 4^th Thursday every month.  Feel free to attend any meeting.  If you are not a dues paying member, you cannot vote during the meeting.