We are AFSCME Local 714 representing employees at The CT Department of Social Services, Soldiers Sailors and Marines, other state offices, and outposted workers. We are part of AFSCME Council 4 and are affiliated with CT AFL-CIO and the Hartford Labor Council. We over 800 members strong, providing help to the state's neediest citizens, and investigating and curbing waste, fraud ,and abuse.

Local 714 is committed to postive political action, social change, and transforming state government to benefit  all working families.

Council 4's Next Wave Committee is looking for young union members to help us build a bigger, stronger labor movement.

Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee after Pres. Obama’s State of the Union address Read more >>>

Council 4 welcomes Governor Malloy's proposal to stabilize the state pension fund.

More than 50 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called the American Dream "a dream yet unfulfilled." Our AFSCME union says it's time to pull together to find real solutions to our nation's problems.

Calling him "the only choice for the 99%," AFSCME announced Dec. 6 their endorsement of President Barack Obama for reelection in 2012.

The process that will empower front-line state workers to improve their worklives is up and running. We'll be looking for your ideas.

The Occupy Wall Street movement has struck a chord across our country. Movements are springing up all over, including Connecticut, as working people express their anger at the top 1% who continue to prosper while the rest of us struggle to make ends meet.

AFSCME Corrections United recognized Local 391's Michael Whitehead as its national correctional officer of the year.

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Social and Human Services (P-2) Bargaining Unit Employees Contract Amendment and Extension July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2012.

The 4-Word is Council 4's bi-monthly newsletter that reaches 40,000 active and retired union members and covers a variety of working families' issues. Check out December 2011 issue.

Council 4 is part of the State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition. In accordance with state statute, SEBAC represents and negotiates on behalf of all unionized Connecticut state employees on the subjects of pension and health benefits. Also, SEBAC lobbies at the State Capitol regarding issues that are of importance to Connecticut state employees.