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DC48 County Presidents

Executive Board of Local 645

Our Staff Rep & Trustees

The 2008 Presidential Race-In the beginning...

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Local 645 Events to Remember

AFSCME Local 645 - Recently Updated Pages

ARCHIVE-From the President

LOCAL 645 - Photo Gallery

WELCOME TO OUR PAGE

From The President...

Gallery Page 2

DC48 County Presidents

Executive Board of Local 645

Our Staff Rep & Trustees

The 2008 Presidential Race-In the beginning...

LOOK WHO'S AT THE TOP...(drop down menu)

Local 645 Events to Remember

AFSCME LOCAL 645

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AFSCME LOCAL 645

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Our Staff Rep from DC48
John English

Trustee Dennis Ryan
Dept. On Aging

AFSCME rallys for Chicago hospital workers at the International Convention August 2006

Keynote International Convention Speaker Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Lobby Day 2007 in MadisonDC48 Executive DirectorRichard Abelson

David Eisner Local 594Chairman of the County Presidents

Denal Crawford Local 1654Vice Chair of the County Presidents

Kurt Zunker Local 882

Rich Despears Local 170

Milt Bartelme Local 1055

Dan Moore Local 567

Dale Palkowski Local 1567

Beth Werve Local 645

Our Staff Rep from DC48John English

Trustee Dennis RyanDept. On Aging

DC48 Executive Director Richard Abelson & Paula DorseyPresident of District Council

Check out the calendar belowfor Local 645 Monthly Events

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Lobby Day 2007 in Madison
DC48 Executive Director
Richard Abelson

David Eisner Local 594
Chairman of the County Presidents

Denal Crawford Local 1654
Vice Chair of the County Presidents

Our Staff Rep from DC48
John English

Trustee Dennis Ryan
Dept. On Aging

DC48 Executive Director Richard Abelson

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Paula Dorsey
President of District Council

Check out the calendar below
for Local 645 Monthly Events

Need something important added to our calendar?
Email me at prez645@yahoo.com

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Executive Board Meeting

PresidentLocal645 — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:18:18 CDT

June 2007: We have entered the age of "Big Brother" in Milwaukee County. Ceridian DOES have the ability to monitor everything you are doing on the computer every 6 minutes throughout your workday from the time you sign on to the system until the time you sign off. It checks your productivity by monitoring the amount of time you have spent on the computer and has the capability of monitoring EVERY website you visit and how long you were there.
Some of you have already noticed the web filter the County has placed which prevents you from going to any website that management has not approved as a necessary part of your job duties. If you have a specific reason for using a website, you must "prove up" to management the reason you need this site and then management will decide if it is truly necessary to your job. Even allowed websites are restricted to prevent you from "surfing" to one that is not approved. If your computer has not been filtered, rest assured it will be soon. We anticipate a sharp rise in disciplines regarding violations of the County's computer use policy.
Be aware that you are being subjected to electronic monitoring via the computer and that many Departments have, or will soon have, cameras installed to monitor activity in common work areas. Cameras will record your activities throughout the day by showing how much time you are at your workstation and how much time you are not. These will not be cameras in individual cubicles but will be set up to monitor work areas.
You need to also be aware that there are numerous court cases on record which allow electronic surveillance in the workplace as a management tool and for security purposes. The court decisions basically state that if the company is paying you for 8 hours worth of work, they have a right to know if you are performing the work they are paying you to do. The problem for members of our local is that many of them are being paid to be away from their workstation to interview, do home visits, take care of patients, transport participants, appear in court and numerous other daily tasks. Make sure you complete your logs of daily activities as required because you will be held accountable and subject to discipline if you cannot prove you were legitimately away from your workstation. The only way we will be able to fight them is to prove you were engaged in the business of the County.
Ceridian is about to "go live" so for those of you who do not have a time clock to punch in on, please remember to complete your Ceredian time sheets daily and to remind your supervisor if you will not be in the agency at the end of a pay period to sign your Ceredian time card. For those of you who do not have Direct Deposit, the time is at hand to go and get a bank account and see your Human Resources Rep to sign up for Direct Deposit. Paper checks must be issued from Ceredian headquarters in Texas and will not be mailed in time for you to receive it on your normal payday. We are "gearing up" in anticipation of payroll errors and missing checks, so please help us by being diligent in monitoring your current sick time, vacation, personal time and any other accumulated times, as well as your current pay rate. The County and Ceredian are rushing to bring this system online before there is any additional waste of money and if you don't have a record of what they owe you in both time and money, we will have a tough time proving what you may lose in this process and recovering anything lost.

Yours in solidarity,
Beth M Werve
President AFSCME Local 645

***** NEXT MONTH: SIXSIGMA-All supervisors and management have now attended mandatory training on this new style of management- It has arrived! http://www.isixsigma.com

PresidentLocal645 — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:57:56 CDT

AFSCME International Convention 2006 Chicago, IL Local 645 delegetes Beth Werve, Pat Rogers,Enaida Alvarado and Genny McClintock were there.	AFSCME rallys for Chicago hospital workers at the International Convention August 2006
Keynote International Convention Speaker Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton	Keynote International Convention Speaker Illinois Senator Barack Obama
Ratification Vote Results 2005-2006 & 2007-2008 Contracts were ratified by the largest percentage EVER thanks to all of you!	Lobby Day 2007 Madison - Member Pam Budzinski
Lobby Day 2007 Kathy Krill & Chief Steward Pat Rogers	Lobby Day 2007 Member Joe Bova

PresidentLocal645 — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:42:18 CDT

Welcome to our web page!

Officers of Local 645

President	Beth Werve	278-5186
Vice President	Chris Hallen	257-5723
Chief Steward	Pat Rogers	289-6098
Secretary	Genny McClintock	257-5728
Treasurer	Steve Ballard	289-6308

Contact page editor @ prez645@yahoo.com

WELCOME to AFSCME Local 645's Webpage!

Local 645 represents Milwaukee County workers in a variety of job titles which require a 4 year college degree and beyond. We are the professionals and para-professionals of the County system working everyday to provide top level services to our community as Human Service Workers, Account and Fiscal Analysts, Psychiatric Social Workers, Emergency Service Clinicians, Paralegals, Juvenile Probation Officers and a variety of other job titles which designate us as those employees who serve our communities most vulnerable members: our children, our physically and mentally challenged and our elderly. We are the heartbeat of Milwaukee County!

AFSCME WEB SITES

Please take the time to check out the AFSCME International, AFSCME PEOPLE and AFSCME District COUNCIL 48 web sites. You will find numerous articles on these sites that directly relate to what we have gone through in recent months, what we are going through and what faces us in the future as Milwaukee County Employees and as public sector workers. The PEOPLE site will let you know what is happening in the political arena in Wisconsin and around the country. The International site sports a Senate and Congressional scorecard which will let you know how elected officials around the Country and here in Wisconsin have voted on the issues that affect public employees and their families. The AFSCME 48 web site lists local officials, state legislators and their contact information.

Check out the links on the AFSCME 48 webpage. They’ll take you on a union adventure from contacting your county board supervisor to “The solidarity site” to the “Wisconsin Labor History” site where you can learn the reason and sacrifice behind today’s union.

Do you know what's going on in Washington? No, do you really know?

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We will still be publishing the BANNER for mail out on a bi-monthly basis. We need your help to get the word out about the WEB SITE and to make the BANNER the place to know what's happening in our Local.

We need:

Articles from our officers and members: What’s New By You - Something happening at your work site you think others should know about; something happening in your neighborhood that could impact County jobs , County services or County properties; have a funny story you want to share; is there an issue in the community you want others to know about or need support on…Write it down, send it in.

Good and Welfare of 645 Members: Someone got married, is having a birthday, is sick or lost a loved one, someone’s husband, wife or child been sent overseas, someone’s child or partner win an award… Let us know.

Classifieds: Buying, selling, renting, need help with something…We’ll share it with your fellow members.

Letters to the Editor: express your opinion; keep it clean-sign your name-no letter will be published unless we can verify that you are a member of 645 –names will be withheld at your request.

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Local 645 Executive Board meets the 4th Thursday of every month at 5:30PM sharp except July and August unless otherwise notified by mail.

Local 645 General Membership Meetings are held the 1st Thursday of every month at 6:00PM sharp except July and August unless otherwise notified by mail.

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Need help planning for retirement?

Retirement Party:
If you are retiring this year or you have retired since January 1, 2007, want to celebrate a friend’s retirement or just want to have fun, then consider attending a special retirement party conducted by Bob Johnston of MetLife Financial Services. Milwaukee County took away our 25 year watches and our retirement banquet under the guise of "fiscal responsibility". This celebration is Bob's way of giving back to our Union and is completely funded by him. Good food, great fun and lots of door prizes. Please support Bob in this effort and plan to attend. IT's free to AFSCME members!

The last banquet is planned for November 8, 2007 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Klemmer’s; RSVP by Oct. 29. Reservations are required; call 615-4892 to RSVP.

If you cannot attend, but would like a free, private financial consultation, contact Bob Johnston at 615-4912. You won't regret it.

PresidentLocal645 — Sun, 06 May 2007 10:05:53 CDT

We have entered the age of "Big Brother" in Milwaukee County. Ceridian DOES have the ability to monitor everything you are doing on the computer every 6 minutes throughout your workday from the time you sign on to the system until the time you sign off. It checks your productivity by monitoring the amount of time you have spent on the computer and has the capability of monitoring EVERY website you visit and how long you were there.
Some of you have already noticed the web filter the County has placed which prevents you from going to any website that management has not approved as a necessary part of your job duties. If you have a specific reason for using a website, you must "prove up" to management the reason you need this site and then management will decide if it is truly necessary to your job. Even allowed websites are restricted to prevent you from "surfing" to one that is not approved. If your computer has not been filtered, rest assured it will be soon. We anticipate a sharp rise in disciplines regarding violations of the County's computer use policy.
Be aware that you are being subjected to electronic monitoring via the computer and that many Departments have, or will soon have, cameras installed to monitor activity in common work areas. Cameras will record your activities throughout the day by showing how much time you are at your workstation and how much time you are not. These will not be cameras in individual cubicles but will be set up to monitor work areas.
You need to also be aware that there are numerous court cases on record which allow electronic surveillance in the workplace as a management tool and for security purposes. The court decisions basically state that if the company is paying you for 8 hours worth of work, they have a right to know if you are performing the work they are paying you to do. The problem for members of our local is that many of them are being paid to be away from their workstation to interview, do home visits, take care of patients, transport participants, appear in court and numerous other daily tasks. Make sure you complete your logs of daily activities as required because you will be held accountable and subject to discipline if you cannot prove you were legitimately away from your workstation. The only way we will be able to fight them is to prove you were engaged in the business of the County.
Ceridian is about to "go live" so for those of you who do not have a time clock to punch in on, please remember to complete your Ceredian time sheets daily and to remind your supervisor if you will not be in the agency at the end of a pay period to sign your Ceredian time card. For those of you who do not have Direct Deposit, the time is at hand to go and get a bank account and see your Human Resources Rep to sign up for Direct Deposit. Paper checks must be issued from Ceredian headquarters in Texas and will not be mailed in time for you to receive it on your normal payday. We are "gearing up" in anticipation of payroll errors and missing checks, so please help us by being diligent in monitoring your current sick time, vacation, personal time and any other accumulated times, as well as your current pay rate. The County and Ceredian are rushing to bring this system online before there is any additional waste of money and if you don't have a record of what they owe you in both time and money, we will have a tough time proving what you may lose in this process and recovering anything lost.

Yours in solidarity,
Beth M Werve
President AFSCME Local 645

***** NEXT MONTH: SIXSIGMA-All supervisors and management have now attended mandatory training on this new style of management- It has arrived! http://www.isixsigma.com

PresidentLocal645 — Sun, 06 May 2007 07:36:47 CDT

Lobby Day Madison 4/25/07 Our VP	Lobby Day 4/25/07 Chief Steward Pat Rogers-VP Chris Hallen- Local 170 President Rich Despears
Lobby Day 2007 in Madison DC48 Executive Director Richard Abelson	Lobby Day includes Kids The Leaders of Tomorrow Learning the Issues of Today! 645 President Beth Werve's Grandaughters Kaity Spaeth & Kayla Brookbank
Local 645 Steward Pam Budzinski (Center) enjoying Lobby Day	Local 645 Steward Kathy Krill (standing) chatting with our Chief Steward Pat Rogers
Former Banner Editor Joe Bova (center) looks over the schedule for Lobby Day	JOIN US NEXT YEAR! LOBBY YOUR ELECTED STATE OFFICIALS ABOUT ISSUES IMPORTANT TO MILWAUKEE CO. WORKERS

PresidentLocal645 — Sun, 06 May 2007 06:30:44 CDT

David Eisner Local 594 Chairman of the County Presidents	Denal Crawford Local 1654 Vice Chair of the County Presidents
Kurt Zunker Local 882	Rich Despears Local 170
Milt Bartelme Local 1055	Dan Moore Local 567
Dale Palkowski Local 1567	Beth Werve Local 645

PresidentLocal645 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:19:19 CST

MaryAggarwal Dept. On Aging	Enaida Alvarado DHHS	Roxanne Beson
Lynette Clark	Charlotte Hutchins Dept. On Aging	Ernie Winters

PresidentLocal645 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:15:27 CST

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PresidentLocal645 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:07:58 CST

On February 2008 AFSCME held the AFSCME Democratic Presidential Forum in Carson City, Nevada. Check out the Forum video below and hear what the candidates have to say. Democratic candidates Sen. Cristopher Dodd, D-Connecticut, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, Tom Vilsack, former D-Governor Iowa, John Edwards, former Senator D-NC, 2004 D-Vice Presidential Candidate, Gov. Bill Richardson, D-New Mexico, Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Delaware, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, Mike Gravel, former Senator D-Alaska, spoke on the issues and put forward their views. Check out the video of the forum at the link below and see where they stand today on the issues that will affect your lives over the course of the next Presidential term.

It is only true that your vote doesn't count when you don't cast it!

http://www.afscme.org/forumvideo.cfm

VOTE RESPONSIBLY! BE INFORMED! GET INVOLVED!

You don't have a voice if you never speak out!

PresidentLocal645 — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:46:23 CST

Executive Director of DC48

President of AFSCME DC48

The Officers of AFSCME Local 645

DC48 Executive Director Richard Abelson & Paula Dorsey President of District Council	Beth M Werve - President
Chris Hallen -Vice President	Pat Rogers - Chief Steward
Genny McClintock - Secretary	Steve Ballard - Treasurer

PresidentLocal645 — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:57:26 CST

January 2007

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Add Scott Walker to that list!

And keep Tabor from repeating the Taft Hartley Law's theft of Worker's Rights wherever and whenever it rears it's ugly head!

Check out the calendar below
for Local 645 Monthly Events

Need something important added to our calendar?
Email me at prez645@yahoo.com

Check out www.actnow.org

Get involved! Stay involved! Your future is what's on the table and we may not survive the next roll of the dice.