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December 19th One Big Union Holiday Party

AFSCME Convention 2024

Unified AFSCME Leadership: International Conference-FEARLESS, Local 3144 and Paraprofessionals 3429 Presidents Work Together.

Local 3144 supporting Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade 2024.

Civil Service Committe, April 5th, 2024, I’m a Man. Guest speaker Joanne Immacula Cann.

Women’s History Month

Safe Future- New London CT, Women’s Committee, AFCSME, giving back to the community with Council 4 President: Stacie Byrdsong, Local 3194, CREC and Marybeth Kaczynski-Hill, President Local 2663 (P-2 State Human & Social Services), Gilda Herrera Local 3144 President (New Haven)

Today we celebrated with Sister Diane Brown, Brother Phil Modeen and the beatiful community. MC: Chase Dillon, Harmony of Resilience: Celebrating Black History through Music

December 21st One Big Union Holiday Party

December 2nd Designer Handbags Bingo

October 18th 2023 Election Results

AFSCME MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL UNION LOCAL 3144

Nomination & Election of Officers
October 18, 2023

Nomination of officers for Local 3144 was held at the general meeting on October 18, 2023, for the following offices: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, District 1, District 2, District 3, District 4, District 5, Trustee – 1year, and Trustee – 2year.

Each of the above offices had one nominee except for the 2 trustee offices. There were no nominations made for trustee 1 year nor trustee 2 year. Since all the offices with nominees were unopposed, the Recording Secretary – Velisha Cloud cast a vote to certify the election. Consequently, there is no further need for an election. Election Chair – Velma George then
announced the winners for each office.

Results were as follows:
President: Gilda Herrera
Vice President: Tom Verderame
Treasurer: Robert Mignosa
Corresponding Secretary: Justin Augustine
Recording Secretary: Velisha Cloud
District 1: Carmen Mendez
District 2: Thomas White
District 3: Phillip Modeen
District 4: Charles Blango
District 5: Chrissy Bayer
Trustee 1 yr.: To Be Determined
Trustee 2 yr.: Taylor Cannon 12/22/23 sworn in by Representative Patrick Samson

AFSCME Representative – Patrick Sampson swore in all the officers to their respective seats. The 2 trustee seats will be filled by the executive board at a subsequent Executive Board meeting.

Respectfully submitted by:
Velma George
Election Chair

October 14th Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration

May 11th 2023 Election Results

LOCAL 3144 has over 400 members employed at the City of New Haven. We are affiliated with Council 4 and AFSCME International, the nation’s largest labor union with more than 1.4 million members.

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