GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES (AFSCME)
Members Leaving AFSCME in New York
In the wake of the ravages of the DC37 corruption
scams, AFSCME has suffered two major exoduses of N.Y. members. Corrections
officers voted Apr. 29 to leave AFSCME Dist. Council 82 in favor of the
independent N.Y. State Correction Officers & Police Benevolent Ass'n.
"The major reason for the challenge was to be rid of AFSCME," said officer
Grant Martin. COPBA's official statement said, "We now begin the process
of rebuilding membership trust through communication and honesty... As
a member of [COPBA], you will know where your dues are spent..." [Buffalo
News 4/30/99 & BNA 5/3/99]
DC37 itself is on the verge of losing WNYC radio station workers to the Am. Fed. of Television & Radio Artists. An overwhelming majority of workers recently voted to change affiliations. Reportedly, AFSCME boss Gerald W. McEntee must decide whether to let the WNYC workers leave or invoke an AFL-CIO rule barring one union from raiding another. [Daily News 5/3/99]
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