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AFSCME LOCAL 1550 service the following entities: Harris County, HISD, City of Pasadena and Harris Health Systems. Click the button of the entity you work for to find out the latest news.
What Our Members Have To Say
"AFSCME Local 1550 help me to get my job back at HISD. I'd been working at HISD for over 15 years with no infractions. I was terminated based on inaccurate information. After several meetings with HR and my AFSCME Union Rep., I was reinstated with backpay."
Kelvin Blai
IT Supervisor
"I was terminated for 5 months for violating an attendance policy. AFSCME Local 1550 investigated my case and discovered the information in my file was altered. I was immediately reinstated. I also, received 5 months of backpay."
Janet Moore
HIM Clerk
“I’ve been an accountant for my whole working life, and I’ve been at Harris County for 29 years. I’d always thought my experience was one of my assets – until my manager told me one day that he wished I’d ‘hurry up and retire because I was too old and there were too many women in the office. I couldn’t believe he said it; it made me feel so uncomfortable, like he was mocking my age. It also made me feel like the work I did and the contribution I made to our office wasn’t valued at all.
I told one of my colleagues and she said it sounded like age discrimination. I contacted AFSCME 1550 and they organized a meeting with my manager and, after I explained how it made me feel, he agreed to pay me some financial compensation.”
Margaret Carter
Accountant
"I was spied on by my supervisor, denied the opportunity to progress within the organization and was bullied by HR and other staff members as a result of my skin color. I contacted AFSCME 1550 and they help me file a complaint with the EEOC. After the judge heard my case and considered the evidence, I won my claim and was awarded compensation for the traumatic and humiliating experience."
Marquise Davis
Claims Specialist