NOTICE REGARDING UNION DUES
A per capita dues increase of $2.00 was passed by the AFGE National Convention in August 2006. Local 4056 bylaws require us to adjust our dues to accommodate this change.
Please review the "What's In Your Wallet" page in our links section and not the positive impact AFGE has had on your paycheck.
The Executive Board of Local 4056 has taken direct action to ease the impact of this increase on our members. Our current bylaws require a matching increase in the Local dues. The Executive Board proposed a bylaw change, passed at our Annual Membership meeting, reducing the Local portion of the increase by 50%. The earliest this bylaw change can take effect is January 1, 2008.
For the first 3 months of 2007 the Local has absorbed the increase entirely.
Dues will be $18.25 starting in April 2007 and will remain the same through December 2007. Dues will be reduced to $17.50 in January 2008.
American Federation Of Governement Employees Union Representing Social Security Employees in Central Florida, East Coast and West Coast Florida, and South Georgia
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PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT
Article 26 of the New Contract is now being unilaterally implemented by SSA Management and meetings are scheduled to present talking points to the bargaining unit. This Article details changes in the merit promotion process that generally increase the amount of discretion and subjectivity used by a selecting official. Priority Consideration is diminished in its impact by increasing the ability of management to overcome its mandate.
Issues such as area of consideration, removal of the limits to selective interviewing, size of the well qualified list, and the assessment process all provide far greater discretionary power to the selecting official. The result is far less accountability to the bargaining unit.
Article 26 is predicated on a multi tier appraisal system that has yet to be implemented. This results in conflicts between the current Article 21 and the new Article 26.
I will continue to keep you informed of important issues as they arise.
James A. Richardson President Local 4056
Local 4056 Officers
- James S. Richardson, President
- Phil Devlin, Executive Vice President
- Willie Jackson, First Vice President
- Cynthia Amoruso, Secretary Treasurer
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