FORTY employees of the Everett Housing Authority have joined Council 2.

The new members are all the employees of the Authority with the exception of the maintenance division and the custodial workers who are represented by another union.

In a July 19 election, the workers voted 27-7 to join Council 2.
Members are preparing their contract proposals and expect to start bargaining soon.

The new unit, Local 113-E, elected these officers: President – Gary Ferguson; Vice President – Sara Ashead; Recording Secretary – Carol Allen; Secretary-Treasurer – Brenda McLeod; Executive Board – Erica Buckner, Liz Fowler and Cathleen King.

APPLICATIONS are being accepted for 10 scholarships of $2,000 each that will be awarded to winners of the AFSCME Family Scholarship Program for 2002. They will be renewed yearly for a maximum of four years.

Applicants, who must be daughters or sons of an AFSCME member, must be high school seniors graduating in Spring 2002 who will enroll in a full-time four-year degree program at any accredited college or university.

Applications can be downloaded from the AFSCME Web site, www.afscme.org,or can be obtained by writing to AFSCME Family Scholarship Program, c/o Education Department, 1625 L Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 and must be postmarked no later than December 31, 2001.