Council 4 P.O.W.E.R. (Political Organizing Wins Employee Rights) Report

 About People Power
For those Members of Local 391 who may be interested in contributing to the AFSCME PEOPLE program; be advised that we now have the form required available at the Union office.   You are free to contribute whatever you choose and can cancel anytime with written notice.

Letter to Union Leaders about PEOPLE
PEOPLE Video

Local 391 Recognized

Local 391 66th Annual Kids' Fishing Derby

Thank you for supporting the 66th Annual Kids' Fishing Derby last Sunday. The children (and parents) had a great day! The won many prizes. Pictured below are Lilly, 5 and Henry, 4. They are the children of two officers from Northern CI. Thank you again for making this event possible. - Dan Yohe

Local 391 Donates to "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans" Event

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Local 391 Kids' Holiday Party

The annual Local 391 Children's Holiday Party took place on Dec. 4, 2011. Click here for photo gallery.

Local 391's Michael Whitehead Honored as CO of Year by ACU

Congratulations to Michael Whitehead of Local 391 of Council 4, who was honored by AFSCME Corrections United as National Correction Officer of the Year at ACU's biennial Public Safety Congress that took place Sept. 16-18 in Houston.

ACU honored Whitehead for his role in saving the life of fellow correctional officer Peter Kuhlmann after an inmate with a history of assaults on staff attacked Kuhlmann with a handmade weapon tipped with a razor. Whitehead and Kuhlmann work at Northern Correctional Institution in Somers, the state's super-max facility.

Click here for the Vernon Patch story about Whithead and Kuhlmann.
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Click here for Statement of Gratitude from Peter Kuhlmann, Jr.
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Local 391 Donates to Enfield Adult Day Center

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Local 391 Donates $500 to Veterans

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Are You thinking about your ‘upcoming retirement’ from State Service? Worried that you may not have everything lined up and ready for when the time comes? Click here for some help.

Retiree Celebration Corner
Hey Local 391 Members! We've created this new section at your suggestion. If you know of a co-worker who is retiring and there is a flyer about his or her party you want to share online; just send that flyer into the office attention "Retiree Celebration Corner" and we'll post it in this section for all to see. What a better way than that to reach our membership!

As an employee of the Department of Corection, you ar entitled by State Statutes 1-210 and 1-217(c) to several privacy protections.

You may submit the below letter to the Town Clerk in your Town of Residence to request that your residential address be withheld on Town Records and request notification if an incarcerated individual submits a Freedom of Information Request for your personal information.

You may also have your residental address withheld on Department of Motor Vehicle records by completing the DMV form below.

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Click here for template letter to Town Clerk
Click here for DMV form