Local 1739 Safety Net

As the US population ages, more employees are seeking caregiver benefits at work More than 63 million Americans provide care for an adult family member, and most of them have regular paid jobs as well, according to AARP

HIRING FAIR FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2025 AT JEVS HUMAN SERVICES

JEVS is hosting a hiring fair on Wednesday February 05, 2025, to hire Direct Support Professionals! We are hosting it at our CLHS location (9350 Ashton Road Suite 201) and are offering on the spot interviews. The Event is scheduled from 10am-2pm. See attached flyer for details.
We primarily have a need for Full- Time Floaters & Part-Time DSP (will includes weekend shifts).

As a reminder JEVS Employee Referral Program is in place. For Current DSP’s The referral bonus is $300.00 (minus applicable taxes) for DSP positions other positions at JEVS referral bonus is $100.00 (minus applicable taxes).

Congratulations and Welcome to new members of AFSCME Local 1739 from Community Integrated Services for your successful ratification vote last night!!!

We Pay Tribute to Bill Lucy
September 30, 2024



In 1968, Bill Lucy was in Memphis, Tennessee to support the strike of sanitation workers protesting working conditions that led to the deaths of two of their colleagues. Generating community support for the workers, Lucy and a local pastor are the creators of the historic slogan, “I am a man”. He was one who urged Dr. Martin Luther King to go to Memphis to support that labor action. King did so, leading the historic “I am a man” march for these working men.

AFSCME Local 1739 President Fred Wright paid tribute to his longtime colleague this weekend. “Lucy was an icon for civil and human rights and a legendary labor leader, devoting his life to the struggle for economic and social justice,” Wright said. “He championed causes that spanned the arc of his 90 years, focusing on the grievances that challenged public servants and government workers as well as some of the great human rights battles of our time.”

“Lucy’s founding of CBTU (Coalition of Black Trade Unionists) spotlighted the special plight of black union members; CBTU became the first labor union to publicly condemn apartheid in South Africa. He helped create FSAM (Free South Africa Movement) which catapulted the antiapartheid movement into the national spotlight. We will never forget what Bill Lucy meant to the labor movement.”

(AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy, photo credit: USW)