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AFSCME Lobby Day: Recap and Take Action!

To mark Nevada State Employee Appreciation Week, AFSCME Local 4041 members took to the state legislative building this week to lobby for improvements to the lives and working conditions for ALL Nevada state employees.

We Are Nevada State Employees: Rosina Barrientos

As a development specialist 3, Rosina works with Nevada families to connect them with resources to support the care and growth of their children with special needs. Her current caseload serves families of medically fragile children, including children with diagnosis of autism and down syndrome.

We Are Nevada State Employees: Patricia Wright

An immigrant from Trinidad and Tobago, Patricia has been a state employee for 25 years, and doesn’t see herself stopping any time soon. As a mental health tech at Rawson Neal Psychiatric Hospital, she helps stabilize people suffering from a mental health crisis and helps them learn to live with their conditions.

Local 4041 Scholarship Winner: “What AFSCME Has Meant to our Family”

Lenon Russie, son of AFSCME Local 4041 member Lanyne 

Fight for Collective Bargaining Had Able Foot Soldiers – State Workers Themselves

LAS VEGAS – Veronica Davis-Brown explained how having a voice on the job would allow her to share her expertise of many years on the job as a correctional officer and better serve the prison community.

Agueda Sanchez outlined why making staff-led changes in the workplace would allow state workers to provide better services to Nevada’s youth.

Elizabeth Crumrine spoke about how staff need a way to advocate for much-needed resources to better serve rural families. 

Nevada State Employees Gain Collective Bargaining Rights

After years of AFSCME organizing, Gov. Steve Sisolak signed into law a historic bill granting 20,000 state workers the right to collectively bargain. The bill, which he signed June 12, is the largest expansion of collective bargaining rights for state workers anywhere in the U.S. in 16 years. 

Senate Bill 135 is passed out of the Nevada State Legislature

Nevada public service workers today lauded the passage of Senate Bill 135, a historic leap forward for 20,000 Silver State workers who have been at the forefront of the effort to gain a seat at the table. The bill now goes to the desk of Governor Steve Sisolak and will become law upon his signature. Until now, state employees were the only public service workers in Nevada who had been denied the freedom to collectively bargain. 

For Public Service Recognition Week, Nevada State Workers Want Senate Bill 135

As Public Service Recognition Week came to an end on Friday, Local 4041 members held dual press conferences in Carson City and Sparks to support Senate Bill 135, a bill that would provide collective bargaining rights to state employees. State employees spoke about how collective bargaining rights will allow them to have a voice on the job to improve state services.

A voice on the job for better residential care

I’m Ken Edmonds, a member of AFSCME Local 4041, and a Developmental Support Tech for the State of Nevada. I support SB135.  

Workplace safety for staff and the Nevada families we serve

My name is Valerie Osborn, I’m a Family Services Specialist for the state of Nevada and a member of AFSCME Local 4041. My job is to help families get back on their feet after hitting hard times. Even with our state on track post-recession, there are still many families struggling and I’m proud to be part of the team that keeps our state together.

Nevada state employees deserve fairness and respect

My name is Victor Avena, and I am a Carpenter for the state of Nevada.  I support SB135 because state employees deserve fairness and respect.