Local 1739 Safety Net

As the US population ages, more employees are seeking caregiver benefits at work More than 63 million Americans provide care for an adult family member, and most of them have regular paid jobs as well, according to AARP

How to Get Help Paying Your Heating or Cooling Bill - Working America Have you noticed your electric bill creeping up as the temperatures rise? Summer heat can be intense, but you shouldn’t have to choose between keeping cool and paying for food or rent.

We support the men and women of District Council 33 in their quest for fair wages and pension benefits. United we are strong!

THE COALITION OF BLACK TRADE UNIONISTS ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

CBTU Leonard C Ball, James H Bell, & Ronald Reliford Scholarship Fund
Scholarship Application

Each year CBTU awards ten scholarships to high school and college students in the names of three men who exemplified union activism and a thirst for knowledge. The Leonard C. Ball, James H. Bell, and Ronald Reliford Scholarship Fund was established to honor the late Leonard Ball, the first Executive Director of CBTU and the top aide to AFSCME International Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy, the late Jim Bell, President of the New York Chapter of CBTU and a major force in city politics, and the late Ronald Reliford, Chief Sargent-at-Arms of CBTU and Field Director for AFSCME.

Students who have or about to graduate from high school and have already been accepted by a college or university, are eligible for this scholarship.

CBTU Leonard C Ball, James H Bell, & Ronald Reliford Scholarship Fund
Scholarship Application

Each year CBTU awards ten scholarships to high school and college students in the names of three men who exemplified union activism and a thirst for knowledge. The Leonard C. Ball, James H. Bell, and Ronald Reliford Scholarship Fund was established to honor the late Leonard Ball, the first Executive Director of CBTU and the top aide to AFSCME International Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy, the late Jim Bell, President of the New York Chapter of CBTU and a major force in city politics, and the late Ronald Reliford, Chief Sargent-at-Arms of CBTU and Field Director for AFSCME.

Students who have or about to graduate from high school and have already been accepted by a college or university, are eligible for this scholarship.

Application forms and more scholarship information are available from CBTU's national office. Write: CBTU Office, P.O. Box 66268, Washington, DC 20035-6268. The scholarship recipients are announced at CBTU's annual national convention in late May.

DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2025

HIRING FAIR FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2025 AT JEVS HUMAN SERVICES

JEVS is hosting a hiring fair on Wednesday February 05, 2025, to hire Direct Support Professionals! We are hosting it at our CLHS location (9350 Ashton Road Suite 201) and are offering on the spot interviews. The Event is scheduled from 10am-2pm. See attached flyer for details.
We primarily have a need for Full- Time Floaters & Part-Time DSP (will includes weekend shifts).

As a reminder JEVS Employee Referral Program is in place. For Current DSP’s The referral bonus is $300.00 (minus applicable taxes) for DSP positions other positions at JEVS referral bonus is $100.00 (minus applicable taxes).

Congratulations and Welcome to new members of AFSCME Local 1739 from Community Integrated Services for your successful ratification vote last night!!!

1739 Condemns Racist Texts Sent to Black Students Following Trump Election

In the aftermath of disappointing Presidential election results, we have grave concerns about the policies promoted by the President elect as they impact working people and union labor as well as the direction this nation will take.

We join calls for the peaceful transfer of power and are watchful for any disturbing signs of negative and inappropriate behavior on the part of extremist groups. We have seen an early indication of this in the nationwide text messages being sent to black students around the country referring them to locations to “pick cotton”. Some misguided individuals or organizations may see this as an opportunity to espouse and/or promote racism and misogynistic views. As a union, we must remain steadfast in our mission of providing “dignity for all”. We condemn, in the strongest terms, any actions of this kind and encourage the prosecution of the authors of these messages to the full extent of the law.

We Pay Tribute to Bill Lucy
September 30, 2024



In 1968, Bill Lucy was in Memphis, Tennessee to support the strike of sanitation workers protesting working conditions that led to the deaths of two of their colleagues. Generating community support for the workers, Lucy and a local pastor are the creators of the historic slogan, “I am a man”. He was one who urged Dr. Martin Luther King to go to Memphis to support that labor action. King did so, leading the historic “I am a man” march for these working men.

AFSCME Local 1739 President Fred Wright paid tribute to his longtime colleague this weekend. “Lucy was an icon for civil and human rights and a legendary labor leader, devoting his life to the struggle for economic and social justice,” Wright said. “He championed causes that spanned the arc of his 90 years, focusing on the grievances that challenged public servants and government workers as well as some of the great human rights battles of our time.”

“Lucy’s founding of CBTU (Coalition of Black Trade Unionists) spotlighted the special plight of black union members; CBTU became the first labor union to publicly condemn apartheid in South Africa. He helped create FSAM (Free South Africa Movement) which catapulted the antiapartheid movement into the national spotlight. We will never forget what Bill Lucy meant to the labor movement.”

(AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy, photo credit: USW)

https://www.afscme.org/blog/we-mourn-the-passing-of-william-lucy-afscme-secretary-treasurer-emeritus-and-a-revered-labor-human-rights-and-civil-rights-leader

We mourn the passing of William Lucy, AFSCME secretary-treasurer emeritus, and a revered labor, human rights and civil rights leader AFSCME mourns the passing of Bill Lucy, who served as secretary-treasurer of our union for nearly four decades.