The Union Difference

Organizing with AFSCME makes a difference regarding salaries and other workplace benefits for cultural workers. Most AFSCME contracts generally include annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) and step salary increases, in addition to quality health insurance plans with low or no premium cost to employees.

Union members also have basic rights that non-union employees are not entitled to such as Weingarten rights, just-cause protect, grievance procedures and an arbitration process. In addition to have rights, union members have the collective power to have their voices heard and more control over their work, lives, and futures. 

Additional notable gains through AFSCME union contracts include: