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AFSCME Local 4041 Takes Legal Action Against Governor Joe Lombardo for Violations to State Employee Collective Bargaining Rights

Members of AFSCME Local 4041 filed two legal actions on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, against Governor Joe Lombardo for violating state employee collective bargaining rights, enshrined in state law as NRS 288.

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AFSCME Members Win Big at Legislature and Bargaining Table

Important updates on AFSCME CBA and Legislative Wins!

AFSCME members keep marijuana products safe for Nevadans

The COVID-19 crisis has upended Nevada’s regular way of life, pushing local businesses adapting to the changing times. Included in these changes is Nevada’s emerging recreational marijuana industry, and the state agency that regulates it.

Local 4041 2020 Convention Call

The Executive Board of AFSCME Local 4041 is pleased to announce our biennial CONVENTION is hereby called to convene at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, July 7, 2020, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. and will remain in session until such time as it has given full consideration to such matters as legallymay be brought before it.

AFSCME takes action at PEBP board meeting

At the end of April, the PEBP board met to take action to reduce the agency’s budget as requested by the Governor. After receiving recommendations from AFSCME Local 4041, the PEBP board voted to make cuts that do not require a reduction in current health care benefits for active workers.

AFSCME Local 4041 partners with Colonial Life to bring members additional benefits

Together as AFSCME Local 4041, we have a stronger voice on the job to improve our lives, working conditions, and the services we provide to our communities. As a union, we also have access to exclusive voluntary benefits to help us protect our families, finances and future. This year, AFSCME is helping you protect your way of life with the opportunity to purchase the voluntary benefits from Colonial Life.

West Wendover workers keep city services going

Like their counterparts in larger cities, AFSCME members for rural governments have stepped up to serve their communities during this COVID-19 crisis. In smaller, rural communities across Nevada, these workers are essential to all aspects of city services. Local 4041 members in the Public Works Department for the City of West Wendover, Nevada, continue working to ensure city services run smoothly during this emergency.

Administrative Professionals Continue to Keep Our State Running

Administrative assistants are key players in any office, setting the tone of any workplace and keeping services running smoothly. Like many other AFSCME members across Nevada, Deb Hinds, an Administrative Assistant at the medical clinic at the Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services campus (NNAMHS), has had to adjust to a new way of continuing to provide vital services to our community during the coronavirus crisis.

Local 4041 Statement on Re-Opening State Offices

AFSCME Local 4041 President Harry Schiffman released the following statement on the state’s plans to re-open Nevada’s economy, including state offices:

Fund the Front Lines!

As many of us continue to ‘stay home for Nevada’ to slow the spread of the coronavirus, thousands of Nevada public service workers continue to head into work to provide services that are vital to the health, safety and wellbeing of our communities. We are doing our part to keep our commitment of quality service to the communities we serve. But our state needs help from Washington DC. Click here to demand that Congress fund the front lines.